Cold Spring Township, Pennsylvania | |
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,_Dec._2023.jpg) Houses along Gold Mine Road, the only settled portion of the township | |
 Map of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania highlighting Cold Spring Township | |
 Map of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lebanon |
| Settled | 1775 |
| Incorporated | 1853 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.82 sq mi (64.28 km2) |
| • Land | 24.81 sq mi (64.26 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 60 |
| • Estimate (2021)[2] | 59 |
| • Density | 2.18/sq mi (0.84/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 717 |
| FIPS code | 42-075-14944 |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 49 | — | |
| 2010 | 52 | 6.1% | |
| 2020 | 60 | 15.4% | |
| 2021 (est.) | 59 | [2] | −1.7% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[3] | |||
Cold Spring Township is a township in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 52 at the 2010 census.[4]
Almost all of the township is part of the Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 211. There are about twelve houses near Second Mountain. The single road - Gold Mine Road - is state-maintained. There are no local municipal taxes, no water, sewage, or road departments, no municipal building, and no public officials. There is nobody "to tell you when you can't build a shed."[5]
There has apparently been no local government "since 1961, according to newspaper records, when folks just stopped running for office."[5]
Three small settlements, Ellendale, Rausch Gap and a resort town named Cold Spring, once had a population of about 2,000 total, but no longer exist. The Cold Spring resort closed about 1900.[5]
The Appalachian Trail runs through Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 211, and south of the township, in Swatara State Park.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ^ a b c Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
{{cite web}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ a b c "This Central Pennsylvania township does -- and doesn't -- exist". Pennlive.com. Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News. Retrieved July 20, 2015.