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Ceres Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 846 at the 2020 census.

Ceres was established in 1798. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 905 to 846 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1972.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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