Gregg Township (Union County, Pennsylvania)
| Gregg Township | |||
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 White Deer Hole Creek in Allenwood, Gregg Township |
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| Location in Pennsylvania | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1787 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Union County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 8 ′ N , 76 ° 57 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 4,984 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 127.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 39.2 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 378 m | ||
| Postal code : | 17810 | ||
| Area code : | +1 570 | ||
| FIPS : | 42-31472 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1216124 | ||
| Website : | www.greggtwp.org | ||
Gregg Township is a township in Union County , Pennsylvania , United States . Of the 4,984 people who lived in Gregg Township in 2010 were 3864 inmates of the Federal Prison United States Penitentiary, Allenwood .
The Gregg Township area was detached from Brady Township in Lycoming County in 1861 and named after the politician Andrew Gregg in 1865 . Gregg Township is bordered to the west and north by Lycoming County, to the east by Northumberland County across the West Branch Susquehanna River , and to the south by White Deer Township , which like Gregg Township is in Union County.
The rural area of Gregg Township is characterized by farms and forests. Apart from the inmates of the federal prison, most of the residents live in the Allenwood district.
The historic Allenwood River Bridge (between Union County and Northumberland County), which has now been replaced by a modern concrete bridge, and the Benjamin Griffey House are on the National Register of Historic Places .
Born in Gregg Township
- Seth Kinman (1815–1888), hunter and early settler in Humboldt County , California
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gregg Township, Uniton County PA ( English ) Retrieved on 21 August 2016th
- ↑ National Register of Historic Places: Listed Properties as of 06/01/2014 (Excel, 7.7 MB) June 1, 2014. Archived from the original on August 23, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
