Spring Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Spring Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Township
Snyder Middleswarth Natural Area in Spring Township
Map of Snyder County, Pennsylvania highlighting Spring Township
Map of Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Snyder
Incorporated	1885
Area
• Total	37.41 sq mi (96.89 km2)
• Land	37.06 sq mi (96.00 km2)
• Water	0.34 sq mi (0.89 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,616
• Estimate (2016)	1,619
• Density	43.68/sq mi (16.86/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	570
FIPS code	42-109-72856

Spring Township is a township in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,563 at the 2000 census.

The Gross Covered Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 37.0 square miles (95.8 km²), of which, 37.0 square miles (95.7 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.16%) is water.

Spring Township is bordered by Union County to the north, Adams and Beaver Townships to the east, West Perry Township to the south and West Beaver Township to the west.

The census-designated place of Beaver Springs cuts across the center of the township.

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,563 people, 595 households, and 449 families residing in the township. The population density was 42.3 people per square mile (16.3/km²). There were 694 housing units at an average density of 18.8/sq mi (7.3/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.53% White, 0.13% African American, 0.13% Asian, and 1.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.32% of the population.