East Lackawannock Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania
East Lackawannock Township is a township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,666 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 1,682 in 2010.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.2 square miles (55 km2), of which 21.2 square miles (55 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.09%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,701 people, 584 households, and 460 families residing in the township. The population density was 80.2 inhabitants per square mile (31.0/km2). There were 599 housing units at an average density of 28.2 per square mile (10.9/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 97.18% White, 1.18% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.29% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.94% of the population.
There were 584 households, out of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.1% were non-families. 17.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “East Lackawannock Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania” is township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through East, Lackawannock and Township, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5328760. Authority coordinates are 41.200, -80.283. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2020, 2010 and 2000.
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