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executives purchased the lumber rights to that land and built four sawmills, housing for its workers and a town store on the land in order to establish a lumber harvesting operation to support the company's coal barge construction efforts. That first town was known as
Lowrytown; it would later be
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In the township, the population was spread out, with 24.1% under the age of eighteen, 6.1% from eighteen to twenty-four, 26.6% from twenty-five to forty-four, 27.3% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 15.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.
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The median income for a household in the township was $ 40,000, and the median income for a family was $ 43,333. Males had a median income of $ 32,083 compared with that of $ 26,042 for females.
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During the 19th century, the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania built the first road through what would ultimately become Lehigh Township. A state road, it began at the segment of the
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In 1840, construction of the White Haven and
Lausanne Turnpike was begun with work on the turnpike segment between the Compton House to Morrison's finished in 1841.
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As of 2020, there were 14.09 miles (22.68 km) of public roads in Lehigh
Township, of which 9.00 miles (14.48 km) were maintained by the
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For every one hundred females, there were 90.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 95.1 males.
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Main thoroughfares through the township include Buck
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was 20.1 people per square mile (7.8/km). There were 237 housing units at an average density of 9.0/sq mi (3.5/km).
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are 5b and 6a. Average monthly temperatures in
Rockport range from 25.2 °F in January to 69.9 °F in July.
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There were 193 households, out of which 31.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 66.8% were
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As of the 2000 census, there were 527 people, 193 households, and 156 families residing in the township.
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forms the winding eastern border of the township, carving a gorge up to 1,000 feet (300 m) deep.
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The township is located in north-central Carbon County and is bordered to the north partially by
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from 1808 until 1875. It was during that year that it became known as Lehigh
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History of the
Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
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where the Spring
Mountain House was located, and proceeded through the borough of
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Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Roughly 8.0% of families and 10.8% of the population were living below the
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The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 2.92.
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517:(PennDOT) and 5.09 miles (8.19 km) were maintained by the township.
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The township's villages include Leslie Run and Rockport. The borough of
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is on the western side of the township but is a separate municipality.
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that is present-day Lehigh Township was considered to be part of
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Places adjacent to Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
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established lines in the township during this century.
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The population was 479 at the time of the 2010 census.
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438:The racial makeup of the township was 97.91%
302:In 1808, a tract of forested land near the
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639:Mathews, Alfred and Austin N. Hungerford.
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458:of any race were 0.76% of the population.
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515:Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
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507:Buck Mountain Road in Lehigh Township
158:26.16 sq mi (67.74 km)
150:26.45 sq mi (68.51 km)
1276:Populated places established in 1875
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450:, and 0.19% from two or more races.
312:Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
18:Place in Pennsylvania, United States
166:0.30 sq mi (0.77 km)
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926:Municipalities and communities of
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525:Lehigh and Susquehanna Turnpike
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53:Location of Lehigh Township in
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293:Carbon County, Pennsylvania
274:Carbon County, Pennsylvania
192: • Estimate
55:Carbon County, Pennsylvania
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174:1,683 ft (513 m)
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200: • Density
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68:Location of
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1173:Aquashicola
1159:communities
1103:Towamensing
1098:Penn Forest
1014:Summit Hill
974:Bowmanstown
944:County seat
700:January 31,
533:White Haven
409:2016 (est.)
310:. In 1824,
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1270:Categories
1203:Little Gap
1188:Forest Inn
1009:Parryville
984:Jim Thorpe
951:Jim Thorpe
883:Jim Thorpe
572:August 13,
553:References
531:and on to
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179:Population
91:75°47′29″W
88:40°55′00″N
1232:Footnotes
1218:Packerton
1183:Audenried
1058:East Penn
1045:Townships
1024:Weissport
1019:Weatherly
1004:Palmerton
994:Lehighton
979:East Side
829:Weatherly
748:, p. 740.
725:March 17,
721:. PennDOT
529:Weatherly
336:Weatherly
319:Geography
259:FIPS code
247:Area code
209:Time zone
171:Elevation
1198:Junedale
1178:Ashfield
1142:Tresckow
1088:Mahoning
1073:Lausanne
1063:Franklin
989:Lansford
961:Boroughs
625:April 6,
545:and the
452:Hispanic
446:, 0.19%
442:, 1.71%
1193:Harrity
1167:Andreas
675:June 4,
596:June 9,
287:History
116:Country
1093:Packer
1078:Lehigh
1068:Kidder
456:Latino
374:Census
327:. The
136:Carbon
132:County
1157:Other
1053:Banks
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448:Asian
440:White
417:−0.8%
235:UTC-4
214:UTC-5
124:State
1113:CDPs
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702:2008
677:2016
627:2015
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378:Pop.
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