West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Not to be confused with East Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

West Finley Township
Township
Longdon L. Miller Covered Bridge National Register of Historic Places
Location of West Finley Township in Washington County
Location of Washington County in Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Washington County
Area
• Total	39.1 sq mi (101 km²)
Population (2000)
• Total	951
• Density	24/sq mi (9.4/km²)
Time zone	EST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	724

West Finley Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 951 at the 2000 census.

History

The Crawford Covered Bridge, Danley Covered Bridge, Erskine Covered Bridge, and Longdon L. Miller Covered Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 39.1 square miles (101.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 951 people, 338 households, and 267 families residing in the township. The population density was 24.3 people per square mile (9.4/km²). There were 374 housing units at an average density of 9.6/sq mi (3.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.84% White, 0.11% Native American, 0.21% Asian, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.21% of the population.

There were 338 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.4% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the township the population was spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 110.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $38,333, and the median income for a family was $41,204. Males had a median income of $32,262 versus $19,722 for females. The per capita income for the township was $14,888. About 8.0% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Washington

Cities	Monongahela Washington

Boroughs	Allenport Beallsville Bentleyville Burgettstown California Canonsburg Centerville Charleroi Claysville Coal Center Cokeburg Deemston Donora Dunlevy East Washington Elco Ellsworth Finleyville Green Hills Houston Long Branch Marianna McDonald‡ Midway New Eagle North Charleroi Roscoe Speers Stockdale Twilight West Brownsville West Middletown

Townships	Amwell Blaine Buffalo Canton Carroll Cecil Chartiers Cross Creek Donegal East Bethlehem East Finley Fallowfield Hanover Hopewell Independence Jefferson Morris Mount Pleasant North Bethlehem North Franklin North Strabane Nottingham Peters Robinson Smith Somerset South Franklin South Strabane Union West Bethlehem West Finley West Pike Run

CDPs	Aaronsburg Atlasburg Avella Baidland Bulger Cecil-Bishop Cross Creek Eighty Four Elrama Fredericktown Gastonville Hendersonville Hickory Joffre Langeloth Lawrence McGovern McMurray Meadowlands Millsboro Muse Paris Slovan Southview Taylorstown Thompsonville Van Voorhis West Alexander Westland Wickerham Manor-Fisher Wolfdale Wylandville

Unincorporated communities	Amity Blainsburg Condit Crossing Cool Valley Courtney Cracker Jack Fallowfield Florence Gambles Glyde Good Intent Hazel Kirk Laboratory Log Pile Manifold McAdams North Fredericktown Old Concord P and W Patch Prosperity Raccoon Richeyville Scenery Hill Studa Venetia

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°01′23″N 80°27′49″W / 40.02306°N 80.46361°W / 40.02306; -80.46361

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