Dunbar Township, Pennsylvania

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Dunbar Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,562 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 Trivia
5 References

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 59.5 square miles (154.2 km²), of which, 59.1 square miles (153.0 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it (0.74%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 7,562 people, 2,944 households, and 2,140 families residing in the township. The population density was 128.0 people per square mile (49.4/km²). There were 3,152 housing units at an average density of 53.3/sq mi (20.6/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.57% White, 1.52% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.04% from other races, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.32% of the population.

There were 2,944 households out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the township the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $31,951, and the median income for a family was $38,438. Males had a median income of $29,516 versus $20,670 for females. The per capita income for the township was $15,083. About 8.7% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Education

Dunbar Township is served by the Connellsville Area School District.

[edit] Trivia

Dunbar Township is the home to Connellsville Airport, one of only two airstrips in Fayette County.

Pechin Shopping Village, a shopping center renowned for its low prices, is located in Dunbar Township. The store was founded in 1947 as Pechin Grocery by Sullivan D'Amico. In 2005, Pechin relocated to the former Laurel Mall on Route 119, which is also in Dunbar Township.

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Fayette County, Pennsylvania

County seat: Uniontown

Cities	Connellsville \| Uniontown

Boroughs	Belle Vernon \| Brownsville \| Dawson \| Dunbar \| Everson \| Fairchance \| Fayette City \| Markleysburg \| Masontown \| Newell \| Ohiopyle \| Perryopolis \| Point Marion \| Seven Springs \| Smithfield \| South Connellsville \| Vanderbilt

Townships	Brownsville \| Bullskin \| Connellsville \| Dunbar \| Franklin \| Georges \| German \| Henry Clay \| Jefferson \| Lower Tyrone \| Luzerne \| Menallen \| Nicholson \| North Union \| Perry \| Redstone \| Saltlick \| South Union \| Springfield \| Springhill \| Stewart \| Upper Tyrone \| Washington \| Wharton

CDPs	East Uniontown \| Grindstone-Rowes Run \| Hiller \| Hopwood \| Leith-Hatfield \| Lynnwood-Pricedale \| New Salem-Buffington \| Oliver \| Republic

Unincorporated communities	Acme \| Star Junction