Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

For other Pennsylvania townships of the same name, see Covington Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
—  Township  —
Map of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania highlighting Covington Township
Map of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Clearfield
Settled	1817
Incorporated	1817
Area
– Total	52.5 sq mi (136.0 km2)
Population (2000)
– Total	621
– Density	11.9/sq mi (4.6/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	814

Covington Township is a civil township in Clearfield County of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 621.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 52.5 square miles (136 km²), of which, 52.4 square miles (136 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²) of it (0.29%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 621 people, 232 households, and 167 families residing in the township. The population density was 11.9 people per square mile (4.6/km²). There were 431 housing units at an average density of 8.2/sq mi (3.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.36% White, 0.32% from other races, and 0.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.32% of the population.

There were 232 households out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the township the population was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $38,438, and the median income for a family was $42,917. Males had a median income of $28,000 versus $21,161 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,964. About 7.6% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.

Frenchville Dialect

The village of Frenchville within the township was begun in 1835 by French settlers from Normandy and Picardy.^[2] The village has a small population, and the local dialect evolved in isolation until being “rediscovered” by linguists in the 1960s. The Frenchville and neighboring Girard Township francophones spoke a distinct dialect of North American French that presently is moribund.^[3]

School Districts

• Clearfield Area School District

Notes and references

1. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ Mignot, (1968: 2).
3. ^ Mignot. (1968).

• Bullock, Barbara E. French in Pennsylvania. 2010.
• King, Ruth Elizabeth. The Lexical Basis of Grammatical Borrowing. 2000.
• Merat, Frank. Prof. Merat’s Frenchville Page. 2002.
• Mignot, Margaret (née Bilotte). History of the French Settlers in Covington and Girard Townships. 1968.
• Pitzer, Sarah. American Gallic — The Mystery of Frenchville. Today Magazine:Philadelphia Inquirer. 1974.

External links

Pennsylvania portal

• Covington Township

Coordinates: 41°07′00″N 78°10′59″W / 41.1166667°N 78.18306°W / 41.1166667; -78.18306