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was 128.6 people per square mile (49.7 people/km). There were 1,458 housing units at an average density of 54.0 per square mile (20.8/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.65%
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381:Towamensing Township is in southeastern
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721:History of Carbon County Pennsylvania
653:History of Carbon County Pennsylvania
203:27.14 sq mi (70.28 km)
195:28.91 sq mi (74.89 km)
1238:Populated places established in 1768
577:, and 0.43% from two or more races.
92:Location of Towamensing Township in
40:Place in Pennsylvania, United States
1233:1768 establishments in Pennsylvania
211:1.78 sq mi (4.61 km)
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1088:Indian Mountain Lake
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245: • Density
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109:Pennsylvania
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1130:Aquashicola
1116:communities
1060:Towamensing
1055:Penn Forest
971:Summit Hill
931:Bowmanstown
901:County seat
816:January 31,
575:other races
534:2016 (est.)
360:2010 census
331:in eastern
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1227:Categories
1160:Little Gap
1145:Forest Inn
966:Parryville
941:Jim Thorpe
908:Jim Thorpe
680:August 13,
645:References
466:) and the
407:Forest Inn
224:Population
126:75°37′30″W
123:40°52′29″N
1189:Footnotes
1175:Packerton
1140:Audenried
1015:East Penn
1002:Townships
981:Weissport
976:Weatherly
961:Palmerton
951:Lehighton
936:East Side
841:March 17,
837:. PennDOT
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421:- (south)
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377:Geography
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304:FIPS code
254:Time zone
216:Elevation
1155:Junedale
1135:Ashfield
1099:Tresckow
1045:Mahoning
1030:Lausanne
1020:Franklin
946:Lansford
918:Boroughs
755:April 7,
579:Hispanic
569:, 0.23%
565:, 0.09%
561:, 0.43%
329:township
1150:Harrity
1124:Andreas
791:June 4,
704:June 9,
450:Climate
313:Website
152:Country
1050:Packer
1035:Lehigh
1025:Kidder
583:Latino
484:Census
181:Carbon
176:County
1114:Other
1010:Banks
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559:White
542:−1.5%
537:4,409
529:28.8%
524:4,477
509:3,475
280:UTC-4
259:UTC-5
240:4,409
232:4,477
164:State
1070:CDPs
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818:2008
793:2016
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493:Note
488:Pop.
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