Templeton, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Armstrong

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|subdivision_name3 = Pine

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|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 253

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Templeton is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/|title = Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades}} in Pine Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.{{Cite gnis|id=1189361|name=Templeton|accessdate=2010-05-13}} As of the 2020 census{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/#|title=Census.gov | U.S. Census Bureau Homepage|website=Census.gov}} the population was 253.{{Cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Templeton+CDP;+Pennsylvania|title=Explore Census Data|website=data.census.gov}}

History

Templeton Station appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.{{cite web | url=http://usgwarchives.net/maps/pa/county/armstr/1876/pine.jpg | title=Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 63 | publisher=Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. | year=1876 | accessdate=9 November 2018}} It is also mentioned in the 1883 History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania.{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofarmstro01smit | title=History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 11, page 248 | author=Robert Walter Smith | publisher=Chicago: Waterman, Watkins. | year=1883 | accessdate=7 November 2018}}

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