Granville Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Geography

Granville Township is located in southwestern Bradford County, bordered by West Burlington Township to the north and east, Franklin Township to the east, Leroy Township to the south, Canton Township to the west and Troy Township to the west and north.

Pennsylvania Route 514 runs the length of the township east to west, following the valley of the North Branch of Towanda Creek, and passing through the unincorporated community of Granville Center near the middle of the township. Granville Summit is located near the western border of the township.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 64.0 km2, of which 63.8 km2 is land and 0.1 km2, or 0.22%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 873 people, 314 households, and 247 families residing in the township. The population density was 35.3 PD/sqmi. There were 363 housing units at an average density of 14.7/sq mi (5.7/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.17% White, 0.57% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.46% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.92% of the population.

There were 314 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.1% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.4% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $38,750, and the median income for a family was $41,538. Males had a median income of $30,536 versus $20,417 for females. The per capita income for the township was $14,211. About 12.5% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 15.0% of those age 65 or over.

Personalities

Vance Packard (1914-1996), publicist

References

References

1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
2. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2024". US Census Bureau.
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Granville township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
5. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].