West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

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

West Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania
Township
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Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Schuylkill
Incorporated	1874
Area
• Total	10.5 sq mi (27 km²)
• Land	10.4 sq mi (27 km²)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²)
Population (2000)
• Total	6,166
• Density	592.7/sq mi (228.8/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

West Mahanoy Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,872 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 10.5 square miles (27.1 km²), of which, 10.4 square miles (26.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.67%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2010, there were 2,872 people, 1,226 households, and 784 families residing in the township. The population density was 592.7 people per square mile (228.9/km²). There were 1,499 housing units at an average density of 144.5/sq mi (55.8/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.1% White, 0.5% African American, 0.0% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 1.55% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.1% of the population.

References

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

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Municipalities and communities of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Pottsville

City	Pottsville

Boroughs	Ashland‡ Auburn Coaldale Cressona Deer Lake Frackville Gilberton Girardville Gordon Landingville Mahanoy City McAdoo Mechanicsville Middleport Minersville Mount Carbon New Philadelphia New Ringgold Orwigsburg Palo Alto Pine Grove Port Carbon Port Clinton Ringtown Schuylkill Haven Shenandoah St. Clair Tamaqua Tower City Tremont

Townships	Barry Blythe Branch Butler Cass Delano East Brunswick East Norwegian East Union Eldred Foster Frailey Hegins Hubley Kline Mahanoy New Castle North Manheim North Union Norwegian Pine Grove Porter Reilly Rush Ryan Schuylkill South Manheim Tremont Union Upper Mahantongo Walker Washington Wayne West Brunswick West Mahanoy West Penn

CDPs	Altamont Beurys Lake Branchdale Brandonville Buck Run Cumbola Delano Donaldson Duncott Englewood Forestville Fountain Springs Friedensburg Grier City Heckscherville Hegins Hometown Kelayres Klingerstown Lake Wynonah Lavelle Locustdale‡ Marlin McKeansburg Muir New Boston-Morea Newtown Nuremberg‡ Oneida Orwin Park Crest Ravine Reinerton Renningers Seltzer Shenandoah Heights Sheppton Summit Station Tuscarora Valley View

Unincorporated communities	Andreas‡ Barnesville Boston Run Brockton Clamtown Connerton Drehersville Fearnot Glen Carbon Hauto‡ Llewellyn Mahoning Valley‡ Mary D Newkirk Pitman Quakake Rauschs Reedsville Reevesdale Rough and Ready Sacramento Snyders South Tamaqua Weishample

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

Coordinates: 40°48′00″N 76°15′00″W / 40.80000°N 76.25000°W / 40.80000; -76.25000

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