▁River ▁to ▁the ▁north , ▁east , ▁and ▁south , ▁Br ady ▁Township ▁to ▁the ▁south west , ▁and ▁Arm strong ▁Township ▁to ▁the ▁north west . ▁Cl inton ▁Township ▁borders ▁the ▁bor ough ▁of ▁Mont gom ery ▁on ▁three ▁sides . ▁As ▁the ▁crow ▁f lies , ▁Ly coming ▁County ▁is ▁about ▁ ▁north west ▁of ▁Philadelphia ▁and ▁ ▁east - n ortheast ▁of ▁Pitts burgh . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁town ship ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁. 2 8 . 0   square ▁miles ▁( 7 2 . 4   km 2 ) ▁of ▁it ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁ ▁of ▁it ▁( 2 . 8 5 %) ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 3 , 9 4 7 ▁people , ▁ 8 9 7 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 6 5 4 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁town ship . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 4 1 . 2 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 5 4 . 5 / km 2 ). ▁There ▁were ▁ 9 4 8 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 3 3 . 9 / sq   mi ▁( 1 3 . 1 / km 2 ). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ship ▁was ▁ 7 8 . 3 4 % ▁White , ▁ 1 9 . 3 1 % ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 1 8 %