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LACKAWANNA COUNTY
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Lackawanna County
was formed in 1878 from part of Luzerne County. It is the
youngest of Pennsylvania’s 67 Counties, and it took nearly
40 years to win its independence. A new State Constitution
passed in that year omitted an old provision that required a
majority vote from citizens of
the County that was about to be divided and replaced
it with a rule that stated that a majority of the vote was
required only from the citizens of the proposed new county.
A vote on August 13th of 1878 approved the
formation of the new county by a near 6 to 1 margin.
Lackawanna County was officially chartered on the 21st
of that year.
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Roarke Aston
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Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania |
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MONROE COUNTY
Smithfield Twp, first Township north of the Blue Mountains (1746).Walking Treaty
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NORTHAMPTON COUNTY--
Lehigh County was formed from Northampton County in 1812,
which was formed in 1752 from Bucks County, an original
County. This area was part of Bucks County
Pennsylvania, until Northampton County was founded in 1752.
Easton, PA is the county seat. Counties taken from
Northampton: Wayne (1798), Monroe (1836) border to the
Northeast; Lehigh (1812) borders to the West; Northumberland
(1772), Schuylkill (1811), Carbon (1843) border to the
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