Amity Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States organized in 1825. The population was 985 at the 2020 census. There are no longer any boroughs or villages in the township, after the disappearance of Arbuckle and Hatch Hollow. The latter was the birthplace of famed muckraker Ida M. Tarbell, who was born in her grandfather’s log cabin in Hatch Hollow in 1857.
Amity Township is in southeastern Erie County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it has a total area of 28.7 square miles (73.0 km2), of which 28.0 square miles (72.6 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km2), or 0.55%, is water. French Creek flows through the township, impounded by Union City Dam in neighboring Waterford Township.
Wattsburg Fen Natural Area was acquired 1969-1992. Is approximately 292 acres of beaver ponds, emergent wetlands and mature upland forest.
Supervisors
Darrell “Skip” Kimmy – Supervisor, Chairman
Robert O’Neil – Supervisor, Vice Chair, Roadmaster
Anne Majewski – Supervisor, Secretary, Treasurer
Auditors – Carol Skarzenski, Carol Raun, Lynda Knauff
Planning Commission – Mike Hirst – Chairman, Ron Dernar, Dale Chaffee, Deanna Hartner, Dave Hartner
Zoning Hearing Board – Brady Marks – Chairman, Diane Falk, Jim Bennink
Zoning Officer – Jason Sayers
Tax Collector – Ken Dernar
Solicitor – Anthony Angelone
Engineer – Mark Corey