▁York ▁count ies ▁to ▁the ▁sout heast . ▁Thus , ▁by ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 7 0 0 s , ▁the ▁population ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁Sus que h anna ▁River ▁was ▁composed ▁almost ▁exclus ively ▁of ▁Scot ch ▁Irish ▁sett lers . ▁ ▁As ▁was ▁common ▁of ▁most ▁areas ▁in ▁the ▁C umber land ▁Valley ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁most ▁early ▁sett lers ▁of ▁North ▁Middle ton ▁Township ▁were ▁far mers ▁by ▁trade , ▁and ▁perhaps ▁the ▁area ' s ▁most ▁last ing ▁legacy ▁was ▁the ▁great ▁quantity ▁and ▁quality ▁of ▁bar ns ▁built ▁there . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁these ▁bar ns ▁exhib ited ▁a ▁style ▁that ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Pennsylvania ▁bar n . ▁Many ▁of ▁these ▁bar ns ▁were ▁built ▁during ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 0 0 s , ▁but ▁a ▁fair ▁number ▁still ▁exist ▁in ▁the ▁town ship ▁today . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁town ship ▁publication ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 7 8 ▁bar ns ▁still ▁standing ▁in ▁the ▁area , ▁and ▁although ▁this ▁number ▁has ▁dw ind led ▁since ▁that ▁time , ▁there ▁are ▁still ▁several ▁dozen ▁bar ns ▁in ▁the ▁town ship ▁today , ▁and ▁agricult ure ▁still ▁remains ▁a ▁substantial ▁sector ▁in ▁the ▁region ' s ▁economy . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 0 , 1 9 7 ▁people , ▁ 4 , 0 3 9 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 2 , 9 4 8