Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Jefferson Township,
Dauphin County,
Pennsylvania
Jefferson Township,; Dauphin County,; Pennsylvania
Township
	Powells Valley Road in rural Jefferson Township
	Location in Dauphin County and state of Pennsylvania.
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Dauphin
Area
• Total	24.36 sq mi (63.08 km2)
• Land	24.36 sq mi (63.08 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population (2020)
• Total	358
• Estimate (2021)	358
• Density	15.44/sq mi (5.96/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	717
FIPS code	42-043-37864
Website	www.jeffersontownshippa.org

Jefferson Township is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 358 at the time of the 2020 census.^[2]

Jefferson Township was formed in 1842 and named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States.^[3]

^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
^ Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1895. p. 21.