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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.

The TOWNSHIPS of SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY are continued from PAGE 11.

NAME of COUNTY or TOWNSHIP	DATE of CREATION	PARENT COUNTY or TOWNSHIP	COUNTY SEAT
SUSQUEHANNA	1810	LUZERNE	MONTROSE
JESSUP	1806 (or 1846)	BRIDGEWATER, RUSH & MIDDLETOWN
LATHROP	1846	BROOKLYN
LENOX	1795	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY; CALLED NICHOLSON UNTIL NAME CHANGED IN 1813
LIBERTY; CALLED LAWSVILLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1836	1798
MIDDLETOWN	1813	RUSH
NEW MILFORD	1807	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
OAKLAND	1853	HARMONY
RUSH	1801	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
SILVER LAKE	1813	BRIDGEWATER
SPRINGVILLE	1814	BRIDGEWATER
THOMPSON	1833	JACKSON
TIOGA	1804	LYCOMING	WELLSBORO
BLOSS	1841	COVINGTON
BROOKFIELD	1827	WESTFIELD
CHARLESTON	1820	DELMAR
CHATHAM	1828	DEERFIELD
CLYMER	1850	WESTFIELD
COVINGTON	1815	TIOGA
DEERFIELD	1814	DELMAR
DELMAR	1808 (or 1805)
DUNCAN	1873	DELMAR, CHARLESTON & MORRIS
ELK	1856	DELMAR & MORRIS
ELKLAND	1814	DELMAR
FARMINGTON	1830	ELKLAND
GAINES	1837 (or 1838)	SHIPPEN
HAMILTON	1871	BLOSS & WARD
JACKSON	1815	TIOGA
LAWRENCE	1816	TIOGA & ELKLAND
LIBERTY	1823	COVINGTON & DELMAR
MIDDLEBURY	1822	DELMAR & ELDRED
MORRIS	1824	DELMAR
NELSON	1857	ELKLAND
OSCEOLA	1857	ELKLAND
PUTNAM	1892
RICHMOND	1824	COVINGTON
RUTLAND	1828	SULLIVAN & JACKSON
SHIPPEN	1823	DELMAR
SULLIVAN	1816	COVINGTON
TIOGA	1797	WHILE PART OF LYCOMING COUNTY
UNION	1830	SULLIVAN
WARD	1852	SULLIVAN & UNION
WESTFIELD	1821	DEERFIELD
UNION	1813	NORTHUMBERLAND	LEWISBURG
BUFFALO	1772	WHILE PART OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
EAST BUFFALO	1792	BUFFALO
GREGG	1865	WHITE DEER
HARTLEY	1811	WHILE PART OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
KELLY	1824	WHITE DEER
LEWIS	1857	HARTLEY
LIMESTONE	1850	WEST BUFFALO
UNION	1815	EAST BUFFALO
WEST BUFFALO	1793	BUFFALO
WHITE DEER	1776	BUFFALO
VENANGO	1800	ALLEGHENY & LYCOMING	FRANKLIN
ALLEGHENY	1800
CANAL	1833	SUGAR CREEK
CHERRYTREE	1817	ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1806, BUT COMBINED WITH PLUM AS ONE UNIT UNTIL 1817
CLINTON	1855	SCRUBGRASS & IRWIN
CORNPLANTER	1833
CRANBERRY	1830	FRENCH CREEK
FRENCH CREEK	1806
IRWIN	1800
JACKSON	1845	PLUM, OAKLAND, CANAL & SUGAR CREEK
MINERAL	1870	SANDY CREEK & FRENCH CREEK
OAKLAND	1841 (or 1840)	CORNPLANTER, PLUM & SUGAR CREEK
OIL CREEK	1866	CORNPLANTER & ALLEGHENY
PINE GROVE	1824	FARMINGTON & TOBY'S CREEK
PLUM	1817	SUGAR CREEK; ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1806, BUT COMBINED WITH CHERRYTREE AS ONE UNIT UNTIL 1817
PRESIDENT	1850	PINE GROVE, CORNPLANTER & TIONESTA
RICHLAND	1806
ROCKLAND	1817	FIRST CALLED ROCK; ESTABLISHED IN 1806, BUT ATTACHED TO RICHLAND FOR GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES UNTIL 1817
SANDY CREEK	1806	FRENCH CREEK
SCRUBGRASS	1806
SUGARCREEK	1800	WHILE PART OF CRAWFORD COUNTY
VICTORY	1876	SANDY CREEK
WARREN	1800	ALLEGHENY & LYCOMING	WARREN
BROKENSTRAW	1800
CHERRY GROVE	1847	SHEFFIELD
COLUMBUS	1821	BROKENSTRAW
CONEWANGO	1808	BROKENSTRAW
CORYDON	1846
DEERFIELD	1821	BROKENSTRAW
ELDRED	1843	SOMERSET
ELK	1830	BROKENSTRAW
FARMINGTON	1853	PINE GROVE
FREEHOLD	1833	COLUMBUS & SUGAR GROVE
GLADE	1844	GLADE
KINZUA	1821	BROKENSTRAW
LIMESTONE	1829
MEAD	1847	SHEFFIELD, KINZUA & PLEASANT
PINE GROVE	1821	BROKENSTRAW
PITTSFIELD	1847	SPRING CREEK & BROKENSTRAW
PLEASANT	1834	BROKENSTRAW
SHEFFIELD	1833	KINZUA
SOUTHWEST	1838	DEERFIELD
SPRING CREEK	1821	BROKENSTRAW
SUGAR GROVE	1821	BROKENSTRAW
TRIUMPH	1878	DEERFIELD
WATSON	1880	LIMESTONE
WASHINGTON	1781	WESTMORELAND	WASHINGTON
AMWELL	1781
BLAINE	1894	BUFFALO
BUFFALO	1799	DONEGAL
CANTON	1781	MORRIS, HOPEWELL, STRABANE & CHARTIERS
CARROLL	1834	TYRONE, RYE & WHEATFIELD
CECIL	1781
CHARTIERS	1790	CECIL
CROSS CREEK	1789	HOPEWELL
DONEGAL	1781
EAST BETHLEHEM	1781>CENTER>
EAST FINLEY	1828	FINLEY
FALLOWFIELD	1781
HANOVER	1786	SMITH
HOPEWELL	1781
INDEPENDENCE	1856	HOPEWELL
JEFFERSON	1853	CROSS FORK
MORRIS	1788	AMWELL
MT. PLEASANT	1806	CECIL, CANTON, HOPEWELL & SMITH
NORTH BETHLEHEM	1921	WEST BETHLEHEM
NORTH FRANKLIN	1855	CANTON & MORRIS
NORTH STRABANE	1831	STRABANE
NOTTINGHAM	1781
PETERS	1781
ROBINSON	1781
SMITH	1781
SOMERSET	1782	FALLOWFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, STRABANE & BETHLEHEM
SOUTH FRANKLIN	1892	FRANKLIN
SOUTH STRABANE	1831	STRABANE
UNION	1836	PETERS & NOTTINGHAM
WEST BETHLEHEM	1790	BETHLEHEM
WEST FINLEY	1828	FINLEY
WEST PIKE RUN	1839	EAST PIKE RUN
WAYNE	1796	NORTHAMPTON	HONESDALE
BERLIN	1826	DYBERRY
BUCKINGHAM	1798
CANAAN	1798
CHERRY RIDGE	1844 (or 1843)	TEXAS, PALMYRA & CANAAN
CLINTON	1825 (or 1834)	CANAAN, MT. PLEASANT & DYBERRY
DAMASCUS	1798
DREHER	1877	STERLING
DYBERRY	1803 (or 1804 or 1805)	DAMASCUS, PALMYRA & CANAAN
LAKE	1877	SALEM & SOUTH CANAAN
LEBANON	1818 (or 1819)	DAMASCUS
LEHIGH	1883	DREHER
MANCHESTER	1826	BUCKINGHAM
MT. PLEASANT	1798
OREGON	1847	DAMASCUS & BERLIN
PALMYRA	1798
PAUPACK	1850	PALMYRA
PRESTON	1828	BUCKINGHAM, SCOTT & MT. PLEASANT
SALEM	1808	CANAAN & DELAWARE
SCOTT	1821	BUCKINGHAM
SOUTH CANAAN	1852	CANAAN
STERLING	1815	CENTER
TEXAS	1837	DYBERRY
WESTMORELAND	1773	BEDFORD	GREENSBURG
ALLEGHENY	1796
BELL	1853	LOYALHANNA & SALEM
COOK	1855	DONEGAL
DERRY	1775	FAIRFIELD
DONEGAL	1773
EAST HUNTINGDON	1798	SOUTH HUNTINGDON
FAIRFIELD	1773
FRANKLIN	1786	NOW CALLED MURRYSVILLE
HEMPFIELD	1773
LIGONIER	1822	FAIRFIELD & DONEGAL
LOYALHANNA	1833	SALEM, DERRY & WASHINGTON
MT. PLEASANT	BEFORE 1773
NORTH HUNTINGDON	1773
PENN	1855	HEMPFIELD, SALEM, FRANKLIN & NORTH HUNTINGDON
ROSTRAVER	1773
ST. CLAIR	1856	FAIRFIELD
SALEM	ca. 1788	HEMPFIELD
SEWICKLEY	1835	HUNTINGDON
SOUTH HUNTINGDON	1790
UNITY	1789	MT. PLEASANT
UPPER BURRELL	1879	BURRELL
WASHINGTON	1789	SALEM

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