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Potter Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 548 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Potter township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania )〕 According to a Monday, March 15, 2012, online ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' article by Eric Schwartzel, "Shell Oil Co. announced it will build a massive petrochemical "cracker" plant in Potter, Beaver County, making Pennsylvania the winner in a tri-state competition for the billion-dollar operation. ..."〔http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/shell-to-build-billion-dollar-cracker-in-beaver-county-326100/〕 ==Geography== Potter Township is located in central Beaver County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 6.75%, is water.〔 The Ohio River forms Potter Township's northern boundary. Raccoon Creek flows through Potter Township to its confluence with the Ohio.〔DeLorme. ''Pennsylvania Atlas & Gazetteer''. 8th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2003, 56. ISBN 0-89933-280-3.〕 Since 1950 Potter Township has been considered a "suburb" of Pittsburgh by the U.S. Census Bureau.〔http://www.census.gov/population/metro/files/lists/historical/50mfips.txt〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Potter Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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