Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Towamensing Township is a lightly populated rural township in eastern Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Delaware Peoples 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 4,477 at the 2010 census, up from 3,475 at the 2000 census. A portion of Beltzville State Park is in the township.GeographyTowamensing Township is in southeastern Carbon County and is bordered by Monroe County to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 74.9sqkm, of which 70.3sqkm is land and 4.6sqkm, or 6.15%, is water. It is drained by Aquashicola Creek and Pohopoco Creek into the Lehigh River. The township's northern boundary runs along the base of Call Mountain. Its villages include Forest Inn, Jonesville, Stemlersville, and Trachsville. U.S. Route 209 crosses it east-to-west on the south side of Beltzville Lake.