Brady Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

Lycoming County

42-08136

Brady Township is a township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. In 2000 lived within the township, which is part of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area, 494 inhabitants.

History

Brady Township was formed on January 31, 1855 from portions of Washington Township. She has lived her name after the family Brady, of which some members within their borders. Until 1861, and the area of ​​today's Gregg Township, Union County belonged to Brady Township.

One of the most famous early residents of Brady Township was Judge William Piatt. Piatt was born on 29 January 1795. His father John Piatt had moved from New Jersey to the southern part of Lycoming County and established a tannery. His son followed him into this business, but soon gained interest in local politics and was elected in 1830 in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, where he remained for three terms. 1855 Piatt was Associate Judge. He also served the County and the Township as accountants.

Geography

Brady Township is bordered on the southeast by the West Branch Susquehanna River, in the southwest on the Union County, on the west by the Washington Township and to the northwest by the Armstrong Township. Straight line is the township about 210 km north- west of Philadelphia and about 265 km east- northeast of Pittsburgh.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 22.4 km ², all of it is land. In it lies the Lycoming County Landfill and the northern part of the Federal Correctional Institute, Allenwood.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 494 persons Brady Township. The population density was 22.1 people per km ². There were 186 housing units at an average 8.3 per km ². The population Brady township was 99.8 % White, 0% Black or African American, 0 % Native American, 0 % Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 0 % said other races, and 0.20 % from two or more races. 0.20 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Brady townships were distributed to 177 households out of which 31.6 % were living in children under 18 years. 73.4 % married couples living together, 5.1 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.8 % were non-families. 11.9% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 5.6 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size is 2.96.

The population was spread out with 24.5 % under the, 5.9 % 18 -24- year-old, 30.2 % 25 -44- year-old, 28.5% 45-64 year olds and 10.9 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 114.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 103.8 males.

The median household income in Brady Township was 43,958 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the level of 45 313 ​​U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 30 294 U.S. dollars, compared to 24,531 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 17,789 U.S. dollars. 6.7% of the population and 2.9 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 7.3 % of minors and 14.3 % of those age 65 or over.