Back Snow Shoe Township, Pennsylvania Welsh Municipio de Snow Shoe Spanish Snow Shoe Township French Сноу-Шу Тауншип (округ Сентер, Пенсільванія) Ukrainian Xã Snow Shoe, Quận Centre, Pennsylvania Vietnamese
Snow Shoe Township, Pennsylvania | |
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Township | |
 Barn and ice cream stand near I-80 | |
 Map of Centre County, Pennsylvania highlighting Snow Shoe Township | |
 Map of Centre County, Pennsylvania | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Centre |
| Settled | 1818 |
| Incorporated | 1840 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 84.01 sq mi (217.59 km2) |
| • Land | 84.00 sq mi (217.56 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,638  |
| • Estimate (2021)[2] | 1,619 |
| • Density | 20.83/sq mi (8.04/km2) |
| FIPS code | 42-027-71608 |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,760 | — | |
| 2010 | 1,746 | −0.8% | |
| 2020 | 1,638 | −6.2% | |
| 2021 (est.) | 1,619 | [2] | −1.2% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[3] | |||
Snow Shoe Township is a township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,638 at the 2020 census.[2]
According to tradition, Snow Shoe was so named when a pair of snowshoes were found at an Indian village within the township's present borders.[4]
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
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