Smith Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Smith Township
Township
Municipal complex
Location of Smith Township in Washington County
Location of Washington County in Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Washington County
Established	1781
Area
• Total	34.4 sq mi (89 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	4,567
• Density	130/sq mi (51/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	724
Website	www.smithtownship.org

Smith Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 4,567.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.4 square miles (89.1 km²), of which 34.4 square miles (89.0 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) (0.06%) is water.

Inner communities of Smith Township

Boroughs

Burgettstown

Villages

Atlasburg, Bavington (also in Hanover Township, Washington County), Bonnymeade, Bulger,Cherry Valley, Erie Mine, Francis Mine, Harmon Creek, Hickton, Joffre, Langeloth, Slovan

Surrounding communities

Boroughs

Midway

Townships

Cross Creek, Hanover, Jefferson, Mount Pleasant, Robinson

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 4,567 people, 1,813 households, and 1,281 families residing in the township. The population density was 132.8 people per square mile (51.3/km²). There were 1,928 housing units at an average density of 56.1/sq mi (21.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.42% White, 1.82% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.96% of the population.

There were 1,813 households out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the township the population was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,134, and the median income for a family was $45,327. Males had a median income of $34,762 versus $21,599 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,864. About 7.0% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.0% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents

• Barry Alvarez, college football coach at the University of Wisconsin
• Sam Nixon, grandfather of President Richard Nixon; born, raised and lived most of his life in the township before his son (the president's father) Francis A. Nixon moved to nearby Ohio and subsequently California

References

External links

• Smith Township website

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Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Washington
Cities	Monongahela Washington
Boroughs	Allenport Beallsville Bentleyville Burgettstown California Canonsburg Centerville Charleroi Claysville Coal Center Cokeburg Deemston Donora Dunlevy East Washington Elco Ellsworth Finleyville Green Hills Houston Long Branch Marianna McDonald‡ Midway New Eagle North Charleroi Roscoe Speers Stockdale Twilight West Brownsville West Middletown
Townships	Amwell Blaine Buffalo Canton Carroll Cecil Chartiers Cross Creek Donegal East Bethlehem East Finley Fallowfield Hanover Hopewell Independence Jefferson Morris Mount Pleasant North Bethlehem North Franklin North Strabane Nottingham Peters Robinson Smith Somerset South Franklin South Strabane Union West Bethlehem West Finley West Pike Run
CDPs	Aaronsburg Atlasburg Avella Baidland Bulger Cecil-Bishop Cross Creek Eighty Four Elrama Fredericktown Gastonville Hendersonville Hickory Joffre Langeloth Lawrence McGovern McMurray Meadowlands Millsboro Muse Paris Slovan Southview Taylorstown Thompsonville Van Voorhis West Alexander Westland Wickerham Manor-Fisher Wolfdale Wylandville
Unincorporated communities	Amity Blainsburg Cecil Condit Crossing Cool Valley Courtney Cracker Jack Fallowfield Florence Gambles Glyde Good Intent Hazel Kirk Laboratory Log Pile Lover Manifold McAdams North Fredericktown Old Concord P and W Patch Prosperity Raccoon Richeyville Scenery Hill Studa Venetia
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°23′00″N 80°21′59″W / 40.38333°N 80.36639°W / 40.38333; -80.36639