Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

For other other Pennsylvania townships with similar names, see Hanover Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

Hanover Township
Township
Lehigh Valley International Airport
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lehigh

Elevation	377 ft (114.9 m)
Coordinates	40°38′30″N 75°27′29″W / 40.64167°N 75.45806°W / 40.64167; -75.45806Coordinates: 40°38′30″N 75°27′29″W / 40.64167°N 75.45806°W / 40.64167; -75.45806

Area	4.2 sq mi (10.9 km²)
- land	4.2 sq mi (11 km²)
- water	0.04 sq mi (0 km²), 0.95%

Population	1,913 (2000)
Density	454.6/sq mi (175.5/km²)

Timezone	EST (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code	610

Location of Hanover Township in Lehigh County
Location of Hanover Township in Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States
Website: http://www.hanleco.org

Hanover Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Hanover Township is a suburb of Allentown and Bethlehem, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.

The township's population was 1,913 at the 2000 census.

Hanover Township is best known as the home of Lehigh Valley International Airport, which serves the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11 km²), of which, 4.2 square miles (11 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) of it (0.47%) is water. The Lehigh River drains it and separates it from Whitehall Township.

U.S. Route 22 crosses it east-to-west and interchanges in the township with Airport Road, which extends northeast toward Bath as Pennsylvania Route 987 and south into Allentown. Other local roads of note include Catasauqua Road, Dauphin Street, Irving Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Postal Road, Race Street, and Schoenersville Road (pronounced "SHAY-nerz-vil.") The latter two meet Route 987 in the village of Schoenersville (also in Northampton County.)

Neighboring municipalities

Bethlehem (east)
Allentown (south)
Whitehall Township (west)
Catasauqua (west)
North Catasauqua, Northampton County (tangent to the northwest)
Allen Township, Northampton County (north)
Hanover Township, Northampton County (northeast)

Demographics

Aerial photo of Lehigh Valley International Airport (IATA: ABE, ICAO: KABE), Hanover Township, 2005

Main article: Transportation in the Lehigh Valley

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 1,913 people, 892 households, and 498 families residing in the township. The population density was 454.6 people per square mile (175.4/km²). There were 937 housing units at an average density of 222.7 per square mile (85.9/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 86.15% White, 5.54% African American, 0.05% Native American, 4.70% Asian, 1.99% from other races, and 1.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.12% of the population.

There were 892 households, out of which 20.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.1% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.77.

In the township the population was spread out, with 18.3% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $35,061, and the median income for a family was $41,680. Males had a median income of $31,848 versus $27,014 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,265. About 4.0% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

Public education

The Township is served by the Catasauqua Area School District. Its high school, for grades nine through 12, is Catasauqua High School.

References

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

External links

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Municipalities and communities of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Allentown

Cities	Allentown Bethlehem‡

Boroughs	Alburtis Catasauqua Coopersburg Coplay Emmaus Fountain Hill Macungie Slatington

Townships	Hanover Heidelberg Lower Macungie Lower Milford Lowhill Lynn North Whitehall Salisbury South Whitehall Upper Macungie Upper Milford Upper Saucon Washington Weisenberg Whitehall

CDPs	Ancient Oaks Breinigsville Cementon Cetronia DeSales University Dorneyville Egypt Fullerton Hokendauqua Laurys Station New Tripoli Schnecksville Slatedale Stiles Trexlertown Wescosville

Unincorporated communities	Balliettsville Best Station Center Valley Colesville‡ East Texas Emerald Evergreen Park Fogelsville Gauff Hill Germansville Hensingersville‡ Hosensack Ironton Kuhnsville Lanark Limeport Locust Valley Lynnport Neffs New Smithville Old Zionsville Orefield Pleasant Corners Powder Valley Scherersville Schoenersville‡ Shimerville Summit Lawn Vera Cruz Walbert Wanamakers Werleys Corner West Catasauqua Zionsville

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

Home Rule Municipalities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

First Class	Township of Cheltenham Township of Haverford Township of McCandless Township of Mt. Lebanon Township of O'Hara Township of Penn Hills City of Philadelphia Township of Plymouth Township of Radnor Township of Upper Darby Township of Upper St. Clair Township of Whitehall Township of Wilkes-Barre

Second Class	Township of Chester Township of Elk Township of Ferguson Township of Hampton Township of Hanover Township of Horsham Borough of Kingston Township of Middletown Township of Peters Township of Pine City of Pittsburgh Township of Richland Township of Tredyffrin Township of Upper Providence Township of West Deer Township of Whitemarsh

Third Class	City of Allentown City of Carbondale City of Chester City of Clairton City of Coatesville City of Farrell City of Franklin City of Greensburg City of Hermitage City of Johnstown Borough of Latrobe City of Lebanon City of McKeesport City of Reading City of St. Marys City of Warren City of Wilkes-Barre

N/A	Borough of Bellevue Borough of Bethel Park Borough of Bradford Woods Borough of Bryn Athyn Borough of Cambridge Springs Borough of Chalfont City of DuBois Borough of Edinboro Borough of Greentree City of Hazleton Township of Kingston Borough of Monroeville Borough of Murrysville Borough of Norristown Borough of Portage Township of Salisbury City of Scranton Borough of State College Borough of Tyrone Borough of West Chester Borough of Whitehall Borough of Youngsville

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