| Tinicum Township | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Delaware |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
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| Area | 8.7 sq mi (22.5 km2) |
| - land | 5.7 sq mi (15 km2) |
| - water | 3.0 sq mi (8 km2), 34.48% |
| Population | 4,353 (2000) |
| Density | 758.5 / sq mi (292.9 / km2) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 19029 |
| Area code | 610 |
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Location of Tinicum Township in Delaware County
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Location of Tinicum Township in Pennsylvania
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| Website: http://www.tinicumtownshipdelco.com | |
Tinicum Township, more popularly known as "Tinicum Island" or "The Island", a census-designated place and township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,353 at the 2000 census. Included within the township's boundaries are the communities of Essington and Lester. One of the island's notable aspects is the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, attracting visitors to the island year-round.
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Tinicum Township has the distinction of being the site of the first recorded European settlement in Pennsylvania. Fort Nya Gothenborg, located on the South River, was settled by colonial Swedes in 1643. It served as capital of the New Sweden Colony, under the rule of Royal Governor Johan Björnsson Printz. Governor Printz built his manor house, The Printzhof, on Tinicum Island from which he administered the colony.[1] The township was also the site of the Philadelphia Lazaretto[2]
Tinicum Township is located at (39.868962, -75.288273)[3]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 8.7 square miles (22.6 km²), of which, 5.7 square miles (14.9 km²) of it is land and 3.0 square miles (7.7 km²) of it (34.10%) is water.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 3,630 |
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| 1940 | 3,792 | 4.5% | |
| 1950 | 5,314 | 40.1% | |
| 1960 | 4,375 | −17.7% | |
| 1970 | 4,906 | 12.1% | |
| 1980 | 4,291 | −12.5% | |
| 1990 | 4,440 | 3.5% | |
| 2000 | 4,353 | −2.0% | |
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As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 4,353 people, 1,749 households, and 1,136 families residing in the township. The population density was 758.5 people per square mile (292.8/km²). There were 1,876 housing units at an average density of 326.9/sq mi (126.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 89.08% White, 4.80% Black or African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.32% from other races, and 0.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.26% of the population.
There were 1,749 households out of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the township the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $42,910, and the median income for a family was $49,129. Males had a median income of $37,358 versus $27,134 for females. The per capita income for the township was $19,203. About 6.8% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.
Tinicum Township is part of the Interboro School District. It is the district's only township, the remaining municipalities having borough status. Tinicum School and Interboro High School serve the township.
Stromboli is reported to have originated in 1950 in Tinicum Township at Romano's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, by Nazzareno Romano. There, William Schofield supposedly gave it the name, after the movie Stromboli, starring Ingrid Bergman. Other sources claim the stromboli was the brainchild of Mike Aquino, Sr. and that he created it in Spokane, Washington in 1954.
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