Delano Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Delano Township, Pennsylvania
Township
Delano Fire Co #1.
Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Delano Township
Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Schuylkill
Incorporated	1882
Area
• Total	8.2 sq mi (21 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	487
• Density	59.4/sq mi (22.9/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Delano Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Formed in 1882 from part of Rush Township, it is named for Warren Delano II, maternal grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, 1933-1945.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 8.2 square miles (21 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Lakeside Avenue in Delano.

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 487 people, 210 households, and 152 families residing in the township. The population density was 59.4 people per square mile (23.0/km²). There were 224 housing units at an average density of 27.3/sq mi (10.6/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.18% White and 0.82% Asian.

There were 210 households out of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the township the population was spread out with 17.5% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 114.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 50.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $30,250, and the median income for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $27,422 versus $17,353 for females. The per capita income for the township was $14,851. About 6.6% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 21.2% of those age 65 or over.

References

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Municipalities and communities of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States County seat: Pottsville City Pottsville Boroughs Ashland‡ Auburn Coaldale Cressona Deer Lake Frackville Gilberton Girardville Gordon Landingville Mahanoy City McAdoo Mechanicsville Middleport Minersville Mount Carbon New Philadelphia New Ringgold Orwigsburg Palo Alto Pine Grove Port Carbon Port Clinton Ringtown Schuylkill Haven Shenandoah St. Clair Tamaqua Tower City Tremont Townships Barry Blythe Branch Butler Cass Delano East Brunswick East Norwegian East Union Eldred Foster Frailey Hegins Hubley Kline Mahanoy New Castle North Manheim North Union Norwegian Pine Grove Porter Reilly Rush Ryan Schuylkill South Manheim Tremont Union Upper Mahantongo Walker Washington Wayne West Brunswick West Mahanoy West Penn CDPs Altamont Beurys Lake Branchdale Brandonville Buck Run Cumbola Delano Donaldson Duncott Englewood Forestville Fountain Springs Friedensburg Grier City Heckscherville Hegins Hometown Kelayres Klingerstown Lake Wynonah Lavelle Locustdale‡ Marlin McKeansburg Muir New Boston-Morea Newtown Nuremberg‡ Oneida Orwin Park Crest Ravine Reinerton Renningers Seltzer Shenandoah Heights Sheppton Summit Station Tuscarora Valley View Unincorporated communities Andreas‡ Barnesville Boston Run Brockton Clamtown Connerton Drehersville Fearnot Glen Carbon Hauto‡ Llewellyn Mahoning Valley‡ Mary D Newkirk Pitman Rauschs Reedsville Reevesdale Rough and Ready Sacramento Snyders South Tamaqua Weishample Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°50′00″N 76°03′59″W / 40.83333°N 76.06639°W / 40.83333; -76.06639