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HISTORY of PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES and TOWNSHIPS

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Continueing for the next several pages are the lists for PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES and their TOWNSHIPS.

NAME of COUNTY or TOWNSHIP	DATE of CREATION	PARENT COUNTY or TOWNSHIP	COUNTY SEAT
PIKE	1814	WAYNE	MILFORD
BLOOMING GROVE	1850	LACKAWANNA & PALMYRA
DELAWARE	1766	WHILE PART OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
DINGMAN	1832	UPPER SMITHFIELD
GREEN	1839 (or 1859)	PALMYRA
LACKAWAXEN	1798	WHILE PART OF WAYNE COUNTY
LEHMAN	1829	DELAWARE
MILFORD	1832	UPPER SMITHFIELD
PALMYRA	1798	WHILE PART OF WAYNE COUNTY
PORTER	1851	DELAWARE & LEHMAN
SHOHOLA	1852	LACKAWAXEN, WESTFALL & MILFORD
WESTFALL	1839	MILFORD
POTTER	1804	LYCOMING	COUDERSPORT
ABBOTT	1851	EULALIA
ALLEGHENY	1828	EULALIA
BINGHAM	1828	HARRISON
CLARA	1828	EULALIA; CALLED MILTON UNTIL 1830
EAST FORK
EULALIA	1810	DUNNSTABLE
GENESEE	1828	EULALIA; FIRST CALLED LONDON
HARRISON	1828	EULALIA
HEBRON	1828	EULALIA
HECTOR	1828	EULALIA
HOMER	1853	EULALIA
KEATING	1856
OSWAYO	1828	EULALIA; FIRST CALLED CHESTER
PIKE	1828	EULALIA
PLEASANT VALLEY	1847	CLARA
PORTAGE	1860	WHARTON
ROULETTE	1816	EULALIA
SHARON	1828	EULALIA
STEWARDSON	1856	EULALIA
SUMMIT	1853	WHARTON & EULALIA
SWEDEN	1828	EULALIA
SYLVANIA	1856	HOMER & WHARTON
ULYSSES	1828	EULALIA
WEST BRANCH	1856	EULALIA
WHARTON	1826	EULALIA
SCHUYLKILL	1811	BERKS & NORTHAMPTON	POTTSVILLE
BARRY	1821 (or 1822)	NORWEIGIAN & SCHUYLKILL
BLYTHE	1846	SCHUYLKILL
BRANCH	1836 (or 1838)	NORWEIGIAN
BUTLER	1848	BARRY
CASS	1848	BRANCH
DELANO	1882	RUSH
EAST BRUNSWICK	1834 (or 1835)	BRUNSWICK
EAST NORWEGIAN	1811 (or 1840)	NORWEGIAN
EAST UNION	1867	RUSH, MAHANOY & UNION
ELDRED	1848 (or 1849)	UPPER MAHANTANGO
FOSTER	1855	BARRY, BUTLER & CASS
FRAILEY	18147	BRANCH, BARRY, PORTER, & UPPER MAHANTANGO
HEGINS	1853 (or 1854)	LOWER MAHANTANGO
HUBLEY	1853	LOWER MAHANTANGO
KLINE	1873 (or 1872)	RUSH
MAHANOY	1849 (or 1850)	RUSH
NEW CASTLE	1847	NORWEGIAN
NORTH MANHEIM	1845	MANHEIM
NORTH UNION	1867	UNION
NORWEGIAN	1811
PINE GROVE	1811	WHILE PART OF BERKS COUNTY
PORTER	1840	LOWER MAHANTANGO
RAHN	1860	WEST PENN
REILLY	1856 (or 1857)	BRANCH & CASS
RUSH	1811	WHILE PART OF BERKS COUNTY
RYAN	1868	WEST PENN
SCHUYLKILL	1811
SOUTH MANHEIM	1845	MANHEIM
TREMONT	1847 (or 1848)	PINE GROVE
UNION	1818 (or 1833)	RUSH
UPPER MAHANTANGO	1811
WALKER	1878	SCHUYLKILL
WASHINGTON	1856	WAYNE & PINE GROVE
WAYNE	1827	MANHEIM & PINE GROVE
WEST BRUNSWICK	1827 (or 1834)	BRUNSWICK
WEST MAHANOY	1874 (or 1875)	MAHANOY
WEST PENN	1811
SNYDER	1855	UNION	MIDDLEBURG
ADAMS	1874	BEAVER
BEAVER	1787	WHILE PART OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
CENTER	1805	PENN & BEAVER
CHAPMAN	1820	PENN & WASHINGTON
FRANKLIN	1853	CENTER
JACKSON	1854	UNION, LIMESTONE & PENN
MIDDLECREEK	1838	WASHINGTON, CENTER & PENN
MONROE	1856	PENN & UNION
PENN	1758	BEFORE NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY WAS INCORPORATED IN 1752
PERRY	1816	MAHANTANGO
SPRING	1885	BEAVER, WEST BEAVER & ADAMS
UNION	1869	CHAPMAN
WASHINGTON	1818	PENN, CENTER & MAHANTANGO
WEST BEAVER	1843	BEAVER
WEST PERRY	1858	PERRY
SOMERSET	1795	BEDFORD	SOMERSET
ADDISON	1800	TURKEYFOOT
ALLEGHENY	1805	SOUTHAMPTON
BLACK	1886	MILFORD
BROTHERSVALLEY	1771	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
CONEMAUGH	1801	QUEMAHONING
ELK LICK	1785	BROTHERSVALLEY
FAIRHOPE	1891	ALLEGHENY, NORTHAMPTON & SOUTHAMPTON
GREENVILLE	1812	ELK LICK & SOUTHAMPTON
JEFFERSON	1847	SOMERSET & MILFORD
JENNER	1811	QUEMAHONING & CONNEMAUGH
LARIMER	1854	GREENVILLE & NORTHAMPTON
LINCOLN	1890	SOMERSET
LOWER TURKEYFOOT	1848	TURKEYFOOT
MIDDLECREEK	1853	MILFORD
MILFORD	1780	TURKEYFOOT
NORTHAMPTON	1851	SOUTHAMPTON
OGLE	1886	PAINT
PAINT	1836	SHADE
QUEMAHONING	1775	TURKEYFOOT & BROTHERSVALLEY
SHADE	1816	STONEYCREEK
SOMERSET	1796	QUEMAHONING & MILFORD
SOUTHAMPTON	1801	LONDONDERRY
STONEYCREEK	1792	QUEMAHONING
SUMMIT	1843	ELK LICK & BROTHERSVALLEY
UPPER TURKEYFOOT	1848	TURKEYFOOT
SULLIVAN	1847	LYCOMING	LAPORTE
CHERRY	1824	SHREWSBURY
COLLERY	1849	CHERRY
DAVIDSON	1833	WHILE PART OF LYCOMING COUNTY
ELKLAND	1804	WHILE PART OF LYCOMING COUNTY
FORKS	1833	WHILE PART OF LYCOMING COUNTY
FOX	1839	WHILE PART OF LYCOMING COUNTY
HILLSGROVE	1847	WHILE PART OF LYCOMING COUNTY
LAPORTE	1850	CHERRY, DAVIDSON & SHREWSBURY
SHREWSBURY	1804	WHILE PART OF LYCOMING COUNTY
SUSQUEHANNA	1810	LUZERNE	MONTROSE
APOLACON	1846	RUSH
ARARAT	1852	HERRICK, THOMPSON & GIBSON
AUBURN	1814	BRAINTRIN, LUZERNE COUNTY
BRIDGEWATER	1805	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
BROOKLYN	1814	BRIDGEWATER
CHOCONUT	1814 (or 1819)	RUSH
CLIFFORD	1806	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
DIMOCK	1832	SPRINGVILLE
FOREST LAKE	1836	MIDDLETOWN, BRIDGEWATER & SILVER LAKE
FRANKLIN	1835	BRIDGEWATER & LAWSVILLE
GIBSON	1812 (or 1813)	CLIFFORD
GREAT BEND	1791 (or 1793)	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
HARFORD	1808	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
HARMONY	1809	WILLINGBOROUGH
HERRICK	1825	GIBSON & CLIFFORD
JACKSON	1814 (or 1815)	HARMONY

The TOWNSHIPS of SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY will be continued on PAGE 12.

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