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Pages in category "Townships in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dauphin County (/ ˈ d ɔː f ɪ n /; Pennsylvania Dutch: Daffin Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census , the population was 286,401. [ 2 ] The county seat is Harrisburg , [ 3 ] Pennsylvania's state capital and ninth-most populous city.
The U.S. state of Pennsylvania is divided into 1,546 townships, located in 66 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. For listings of townships in individual counties, see the category Townships in Pennsylvania by county
It is the most populous municipality in Dauphin County and the 17th-most populated municipality in the state. [ 4 ] Lower Paxton Township is located 76.6 miles (123.3 km) miles southwest of Allentown , 9.4 miles (15.1 km) northeast of Harrisburg , and 107.3 miles (172.7 km) northwest of Philadelphia .
The racial makeup of the township was 99.16% White, 0.08% Native American, 0.25% Asian, and 0.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.34% of the population. There were 411 households, out of which 41.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 78.6% were married couples living together, 4.6% had a ...
Lykens Township is a township which is located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,558 at the time of the 2020 census , [ 2 ] a decline from the figure of 1,618 tabulated in 2010.
Lykens is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. Anthracite coal mining sustained a population of 2,762 in 1900 and 2,943 in 1910. The population was 1,865 at the 2020 census. [3] Lykens is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Notable People. Phillip Stroup, member of United States Air Force.
The surrounding township is called Middle Paxton, part of the former Paxton Township of Lancaster County prior to the creation of Dauphin County in 1785. Middle Paxton Township was incorporated in 1787. The main geographic feature of this area are ancient hills or mountains and narrow valleys that generally run east to west with streams ...