Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
 One of the four Coulsontown Cottages in Coulsontown | |
 Location in York County and the state of Pennsylvania. | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | York |
| Settled | 1735 |
| Incorporated | 1815 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Board of Supervisors |
| Area | |
• Total | 29.76 sq mi (77.08 km2) |
| • Land | 29.21 sq mi (75.66 km2) |
| • Water | 0.55 sq mi (1.41 km2) |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,916  |
• Estimate (2023)[2] | 5,021 |
| • Density | 169.47/sq mi (65.43/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 717 |
| FIPS code | 42-133-58560 |
| Website | https://www.peachbottomtownship.org/ |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,412 | — | |
| 2010 | 4,813 | 9.1% | |
| 2020 | 4,961 | 3.1% | |
| 2023 (est.) | 5,021 | [2] | 1.2% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[3] | |||
Peach Bottom Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, 60 miles (97 km) south of Harrisburg. The population was 4,961 at the 2020 census.[2]
Peach Bottom Township was so named on account of peach trees growing near a river bottom.[4] Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station was built in 1958.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 14, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
{{cite web}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 99.