Cold Spring Township, Pennsylvania
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.
Cold Spring Township, Pennsylvania | |
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Township | |
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 (2020) | |
| • Total | 60 |
| • Estimate (2021) | 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 | −1.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
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."
There has apparently been no local government "since 1961, according to newspaper records, when folks just stopped running for office."
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.
The Appalachian Trail runs through Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 211, and south of the township, in Swatara State Park.