South Canaan Township | |
|---|---|
 St Tikhon Monastery | |
 Location in Wayne County and the state of Pennsylvania. | |
.svg) Location of Pennsylvania in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 41°32′00″N 75°24′59″W / 41.53333°N 75.41639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Wayne |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.23 sq mi (73.13 km2) |
| • Land | 27.46 sq mi (71.13 km2) |
| • Water | 0.77 sq mi (2.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,444 ft (440 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,768 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | 1,708 |
| • Density | 62.19/sq mi (24.01/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Zip Code | 18436, 18459, 18472 |
| Area code | 570 |
| FIPS code | 42-127-72024 |
South Canaan is a second-class township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 1,768 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.[3]
South Canaan is home to Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary and the oldest Orthodox monastery in North America — Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (Russian: Тихоновский монастырь).[4]
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ Orthodox Christians in North America 1794-1994. Chapter 9. The Emerging American Mission