#Harrison township series#

Harrison Township is within the Highlands School District. Several parks are located throughout the township: Harrison Hills Park is a county park located in the northeast area of the township the Natrona neighborhood has a community playground and riverfront park.Įducation Current buildings They hold the Strawberry Festival every summer. The Burtner House located in Harrison Township. The Community Library of Allegheny Valley, Harrison Branch serves the township. See also: List of museums in Pennsylvania About 9.6% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

The per capita income for the township was $18,011. Males had a median income of $36,743 versus $22,111 for females.

The median income for a household in the township was $33,482, and the median income for a family was $42,309. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.5 males. For every 100 females, there were 86.0 males. In the township, the population was spread out, with 21.0% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.83. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 4,796 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.55% of the population. The racial makeup of the township was 94.81% White, 3.69% Black or African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. There were 5,246 housing units at an average density of 721.4/sq mi (278.6/km 2). The population density was 1,503.6 people per square mile (580.7/km 2). Across the Allegheny River in Westmoreland County to the east, Harrison Township runs adjacent with Allegheny Township and Lower Burrell Demographics Historical populationĪs of the census of 2000, there were 10,934 people, 4,796 households, and 3,126 families residing in the township. Harrison Township has four land borders with Buffalo Township in Butler County to the north, Brackenridge to the south-southwest, Tarentum to the southwest and Fawn Township to the west.

#Harrison township series#

The stream forms a series of falls in Harrison Hills Park.

The entire course of Rachel Carson Run is within Harrison Township.

Little Bull Creek flows southwest through Harrison Township.

Sligo, an unincorporated village-now a ghost town.

Natrona (known as East Tarentum until 1862).

There are several distinct sections of Harrison Township that form communities: Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 7.7 square miles (20 km 2), of which 7.3 square miles (19 km 2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2), or 5.95%, is water.

1.3 Surrounding and adjacent neighborhoods.