Wayne Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

History

Wayne Township appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Its early history is detailed in Robert Walter Smith's 1883 History of Armstrong County.

Cemeteries

• Belknap Cemetery
• Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery
• Dayton Glade Run Cemetery
• Echo Methodist Episcopal Church / White Cemetery
• Jerusalem Cemetery
• McCreas Furnace Cemetery
• Milliron Family Cemetery
• Milton Cemetery
• Saint Michaels Episcopal Cemetery

Geography

Wayne Township is located in northeastern Armstrong County, bordered to the east by Indiana County. Mahoning Creek forms part of its northern border.

The township completely surrounds the borough of Dayton.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 116.6 sqkm, of which 115.8 sqkm is land and 0.8 sqkm, or 0.65%, is water.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 1,117 people, 404 households, and 319 families residing in the township.

The population density was 25.0 people per square mile (9.7/km2). There were 462 housing units at an average density of 10.3/sq mi (4.0/km2).

The racial makeup of the township was 99.28% White, and 0.72% from two or more races.

There were 404 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 67.8% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. Out of all of the households that were documented, 19.8% were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.12.

The township median age of thirty-seven years was significantly less than the county median age of forty years. The distribution by age group was 26.3% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 7.0% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 27.2% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 23.8% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 15.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older.

For every one hundred females, there were 103.5 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 102.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $31,071, and the median income for a family was $33,882. Males had a median income of $29,125 compared with that of $19,219 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $13,969.

Approximately 8.6% of families and 12.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 21.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.9% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

References

References

1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
2. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". US Census Bureau.
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wayne township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
4. (1876). "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 83". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co..
5. Robert Walter Smith. (1883). "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 9, page 214". Chicago: Waterman, Watkins..
6. {{cite gnis. 2775870. Belknap Cemetery
7. {{cite gnis. 2775893. Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery
8. {{cite gnis. 2775898. Dayton Glade Run Cemetery
9. {{cite gnis. 2775903. Echo Methodist Episcopal Church / White Cemetery
10. {{cite gnis. 1178062. Jerusalem Cemetery
11. {{cite gnis. 2775931. McCreas Furnace Cemetery
12. {{cite gnis. 2775934. Milliron Family Cemetery
13. {{cite gnis. 2775935. Milton Cemetery
14. {{cite gnis. 2775968. Saint Michaels Episcopal Cemetery
15. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
16. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].