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- Pennsylvania currently has 93 townships of the first class compared to 1,456 townships of the second class.
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Classification of Townships.--The townships now in existence and those to be created are divided into two classes: townships of the first class and townships of the second class. A township of the first class shall be a township having a population of at least 300 inhabitants to the square mile and is functioning as a township of the first ...
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COUNTY MUNICIPALITY CLASS; Adams: Abbottstown Borough: Borough: Adams: Arendtsville Borough: Borough: Adams: Bendersville Borough: Borough: Adams: Berwick Township ...
CountyMunicipalityClassAdamsAbbottstown BoroughBoroughAdamsArendtsville BoroughBoroughAdamsBendersville BoroughBoroughAdamsBerwick Township2nd TownshipThe First Class Township Code recodification was introduced as House Bill 2073 in the 2019-2020 Legislative Session and was signed into law by the Governor on October 28, 2020 as Act 96. Act 96 is effective on December 28, 2020. The First Class Township Code, enacted in 1931, had not undergone a comprehensive update since 1949.
Townships]: townships of the first class and townships of the second class. A township of the first class shall be [those] a township having a population of at least [three hundred] 300 inhabitants to the square mile[, which have heretofore fully organized and elected their officers and are now functioning as townships] and is functioning as a ...
Pennsylvania currently has 93 townships of the first class compared to 1,456 townships of the second class. First class townships are generally regarded as the “urban ring” around Pennsylvania’s cities.
According to statistics from the Governor’s Center for Local Government Services,1 there are 93 first class townships in the Commonwealth, 12 of which have adopted a home rule charter and one of which has adopted a council-manager optional plan under the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law.
Pennsylvania townships typically vary in size from 6 to 40 square miles (16–104 km 2). There are two classifications of townships, first class and second class. The commonwealth initially incorporates all townships as second class townships.
