Lower Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Towamensing Township | |
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Little Gap Covered Bridge, February 1971 | |
Location of Lower Towamensing Township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania | |
Location of Carbon County in Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 40°48′00″N 75°37′31″W / 40.80000°N 75.62528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Carbon |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.30 sq mi (55.17 km2) |
| • Land | 21.25 sq mi (55.05 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.12 km2) |
| Elevation | 449 ft (137 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,228 |
• Estimate (2016) | 3,168 |
| • Density | 149.05/sq mi (57.55/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 610 |
| FIPS code | 42-025-45128 |
| Website | www |
Lower Towamensing Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Lenape Indian tribe name is eponymous and was once applied by the natives to the whole region of Carbon County and bits of the Poconos to the north (Luzerne County) and to Schuylkill County (southwest). The population was 3,228 at the 2010 census.