Tinicum Township (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1737 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Pennsylvania |
| County : | Bucks County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 27 ′ N , 75 ° 6 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 3,995 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 49.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 80.8 km 2 (approx. 31 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 162 m |
| Area code : | +1 215 |
| Website : | www.tinicumbucks.org |
| Mayor : | Vincent Dotti |
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Tinicum Township is located in Bucks County in the state of Pennsylvania . The population was 3995 in 2010.
geography
The township is 80.8 km². Tinicum Township lies along the Delaware River . Tohickon Creek is located in the south of the township . The township includes seven historic villages. Erwinna and Uhlertown are on the National Register of Historic Places. Other villages in the township are Clay Ridge, Ottsville, Smithtown, Sundale, Tinicum and parts of Pipersville.
Tinicum Township is bordered by the following townships:
- Plumstead (south)
- Bedminster (southwest)
- Nockamixon (northwest)
- Bridgeton (north)
- New Jersey (East)
history
Native Americans from the Lenni Lenape tribe originally settled in this area. The first white settlers in this area were English and Irish. In 1730 the first settlers came to what is now the township. They included William, Edward and Moses Marshal, Joseph Collins, Joseph Haverford, Richard Thatcher and five other families. None of them were German.
The township was founded in 1737 and has existed in its size since then. It is believed that "Tinicum" was derived from the Indian word "tennicunk", which means island.
A well-known resident of this period was Edward Marshall. Marshall was one of the runners in the Walking Purchase . He originally lived in Easton, Pennsylvania, but moved to an island in the Delaware River (Tinicum Township) after Indians killed his wife and unborn child in a raid. His oldest son Peter was also killed in an attack. The Indians blamed Marshall for the Walking Purchase, in which they lost a lot of land. Edward Marshal then served in the American Revolutionary War . After returning to his island in the Delaware River , he had 21 children with his second wife and died in Tinicum Township at the age of 79. Marshall's Island is now called "Eagle Island" and belongs to the "Boy Scouts of America".
One of the largest landowners in the township was Arthur Erwin. Erwin owned up to 1500 arce of land and he was the founder of the village of Erwinna .
Demographics
In 2010, 3995 people lived in Tinicum Township. The median income per household per year was $ 60,843 and the median income per family was $ 66,375. Men made an average of $ 44,886 and women $ 33,333 per year.
Living in the township:
- 97.0% whiteness
- 1% African American
- 0.3% Asians
- 0.3% Indians
- 1.3% Latino
Age structure:
- 21.0% under 18 years of age
- 5.6% between 18 and 24 years of age
- 28.2% between 25 and 44 years
- 31.7% between 45 and 64 years
- 13.0% older than 65 years
Historic areas
From Tinicum Township, the Red Hill Church and School, Ridge Valley Rural Historic District, and Lewis Summers Farm have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Famous pepole
- Edward Marshall, runner of the Walking Purchase between William Penn's son and Lenni Lenape
Individual evidence
- ↑ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania , Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942nd
- ↑ a b National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ A b Jo Stocker: History and Early Settlers: Tinicum Twp, Bucks County, PA. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 19, 2011 ; accessed on August 13, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gombach Group: Historic Tinicum Township. Retrieved August 13, 2017 .
- ^ 2010 Census: Pennsylvania . Usatoday.Com. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
