New Castle Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Not to be confused with New Castle, Pennsylvania.

New Castle Township, Pennsylvania
Township
Coal mining near village of Wadesville in New Castle Township.
Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Highlighting New Castle Township
Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Schuylkill
Settled	1800
Incorporated	1847
Area
• Total	12.4 sq mi (32 km²)
• Land	12.2 sq mi (32 km²)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²)
Population (2000)
• Total	395
• Density	32.3/sq mi (12.5/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

New Castle Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the state's anthracite coal region. The population was 395 at the 2000 census.

History

Named for the famous coal city Newcastle upon Tyne in England, the area contains large veins of anthracite coal and has a long history of coal mining; strip mining continues there to the present day. The area comprising New Castle Township was first settled by Europeans around 1800. The township was formed in 1847 from part of Norwegian Township.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 12.4 square miles (32.2 km²), of which, 12.2 square miles (31.6 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it (1.61%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 395 people, 180 households, and 113 families residing in the township. The population density was 32.3 people per square mile (12.5/km²). There were 202 housing units at an average density of 16.5/sq mi (6.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.24% White, 0.25% African American and 0.51% Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.25% of the population.

There were 180 households out of which 21.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.7% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.2% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the township the population was spread out with 17.2% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 25.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $24,583, and the median income for a family was $32,917. Males had a median income of $29,167 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the township was $14,716. About 5.5% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.

Gallery

Wadesville War Memorial.
Village of Wadesville.
St. Boniface German Cemetery and Arnots Addition.

References

↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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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°45′06″N 76°15′29″W / 40.75167°N 76.25806°W / 40.75167; -76.25806

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