Summit Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Summit Township, Pennsylvania | |
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| Township | |
Farm near Pennsylvania Route 97
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 Location in Erie County and the state of Pennsylvania |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Erie |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.1 sq mi (62.3 km2) |
| • Land | 24.1 sq mi (62.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,603 |
| • Density | 275/sq mi (106.0/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 814 |
| Website | www |
Summit Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,603 at the 2010 census, up from 5,529 at the 2000 census.
The township is in central Erie County and sits on the high ground separating the streams flowing north and west into Lake Erie, part of the St. Lawrence River watershed, from those flowing south towards the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. Walnut Creek, which flows west through Millcreek and Fairview townships to Lake Erie, rises near the eastern border of the township, while LeBoeuf Creek forms less than one mile to the west, flowing south to French Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River, and thus to the Ohio and Mississippi as well.
The township is 8 miles (13 km) south of downtown Erie and is served by two exits from Interstate 90.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Summit Township has a total area of 24.1 square miles (62.3 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,529 people, 2,110 households, and 1,531 families residing in the township. The population density was 231.6 people per square mile (89.4/km²). There were 2,212 housing units at an average density of 92.6/sq mi (35.8/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.25% White, 0.56% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.34% of the population.
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