Summit Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Summit Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Township
A massive rail viaduct between Meyersdale and Garrett
Map of Somerset County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Summit Township
Map of Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Somerset
Area
• Total	45.1 sq mi (117 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,872
• Estimate (2016)	2,180
• Density	52.6/sq mi (20.3/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	42-111-75232

Summit Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The population was 2,368 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The W. Bollman and Company Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 45.1 square miles (116.8 km²), of which, 45.1 square miles (116.7 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.11%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,368 people, 864 households, and 691 families residing in the township. The population density was 52.6 people per square mile (20.3/km²). There were 930 housing units at an average density of 20.6/sq mi (8.0/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.11% White, 0.21% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.04% Asian, and 0.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.04% of the population.

There were 864 households out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.3% were married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.0% were non-families. 17.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.09.