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HISTORY of PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES and TOWNSHIPS

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Starting on this page and continueing on for the next 11 pages will be the lists of the PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES and their TOWNSHIPS.

NAME of COUNTY or TOWNSHIP	DATE of CREATION	PARENT COUNTY or TOWNSHIP	COUNTY SEAT
ADAMS	1800	YORK	GETTYSBURG
BERWICK	1800
BUTLER	1840	FRANKLIN and MENALLEN
CONEWAGO	1801
CUMBERLAND	BEFORE 1800	WHILE PART OF YORK COUNTY
FRANKLIN	BEFORE 1800	WHILE PART OF YORK COUNTY
FREEDOM	1838	LIBERTY
GERMANY	BEFORE 1800	WHILE PART OF YORK COUNTY
HALIFAX	1804	UPPER PAXTON and MIDDLE PAXTON
HAMILTON	1810	BERWICK
HAMILTONBAN	BEFORE 1800	WHILE PART OF YORK COUNTY
HIGHLAND	1863	CUMBERLAND, FRANKLIN & HAMILTONBAN
HUNTINGDON	BEFORE 1800
LATIMORE	1807	MONAGHAN, HUNTINGDON & WARRINGTON
LIBERTY	1800	HAMILTONBAN
MENALLEN	1749	YORK COUNTY
MT. JOY	BEFORE 1800	YORK COUNTY
MT. PLEASANT	BEFORE 1800	YORK COUNTY
OXFORD	1847	BERWICK
READING	BEFORE 1800	YORK COUNTY
STRABAN	1746	WHILE PART OF
TYRONE	1749	YORK COUNTY
UNION	1841	CONEWAGO, GERMANY & MT. PLEASANT
ALLEGHENY	1788	WESTMORELAND & WASHINGTON	PITTSBURGH
ALEPPO	1876	KILBUCK
BALDWIN	1844	UPPER & LOWER ST.CLAIR, JEFFERSON & MILTON
COLLIER	1875
CRESCENT	1855	MOON
EAST DEER	1836	DEER
ELIZABETH	1788
FAWN	1858 (or 1857)	EAST DEER
FINDLAY	1822	MOON
FORWARD	1869	ELIZABETH
FRAZER	1920
HAMPTON	1861	McCANDLESS, WEST DEER & INDIANA
HARMAR	1875	INDIANA
HARRISON	1863	FAWN
INDIANA	1805	PITT
KENNEDY	1903	STOWE
KILBUCK	1869	OHIO
LEET	1869	SEWICKLEY
MARSHALL	1863	FRANKLIN
MOON	1790 (or 1788)
MT. LEBANON		SCOTT
McCANDLESS	1851	PINE
NEVILLE	1865 (or 1845)	MOON, FAYETTE, OHIO & ROBINSON
NORTH FAYETTE	1842	FAYETTE WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1790
NORTH VERSAILLES	1869	VERSAILLES WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1788
O'HARA	1875	INDIANA
OHIO	1803 (or 1796)	PITT
PENN HILLS	1850	WILKINS CALLED PENN TOWNSHIP UNTIL 1958
PINE	1796
RESERVE	1835	ROSS
RICHLAND	1862	WEST DEER & PINE
ROBINSON	1801 (or 1799)	FAYETTE
ROSS	1809
SCOTT	1861	UPPER ST.CLAIR
SHALER	1847	ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS MARION
SNOWDEN	1845	UPPER ST.CLAIR & JEFFERSON
SOUTH FAYETTE	1842	FAYETTE
SOUTH VERSAILLES	1869	VERSAILLES WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1788
SPRINGDALE	1875	PITT
STOWE	1869	ROBINSON
UPPER ST.CLAIR	1806	ST.CLAIR WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1788
WEST DEER	1836	DEER TOWNSHIP WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1796
WILKINS	1821	PITT
ARMSTRONG	1800	ALLEGHENY, LYCOMING & WESTMORELAND	KITTANNING
BETHEL	1878	ALLEGHENY, PARKS & GILPIN
BOGGS	1878	PINE
BRADYS BEND	1845	SUGARCREEK
BURRELL	1855	KITTANNING, KISKIMINETAS & PLUMCREEK
CADOGEN	1922	NORTH BUFFALO
COWANSHANNOCK	1848	KITTANNING, PLUMCREEK & WAYNE
EAST FRANKLIN	1868	FRANKLIN
GILPIN	1878	ALLEGHENY
HOVEY	1870	PERRY
KISKIMINETAS	1831 (or 1832)	ALLEGHENY
KITTANNING	1807
MADISON	1837	TOBY & REDBANK
MAHONING	1851	MADISON, PINE, WAYNE & REDBANK
MANOR	1849	BUFFALO
NORTH BUFFALO	1847	BUFFALO
PARKS	1878	ALLEGHENY
PERRY	1845	SUGARCREEK
PINE	1836	KITTANNING; ORIGINALLY CALLED PINECREEK
PLUMCREEK	1809 (or 1810)
RAYBURN	1890	VALLEY
REDBANK	1806
SOUTH BEND	1867	KISKIMINETAS & PLUMCREEK
SOUTH BUFFALO	1847	BUFFALO
SUGARCREEK	1806
VALLEY	1855	COWANSHANNOCK
WASHINGTON	1858	SUGARCREEK
WAYNE	1821	PLUMCREEK
WEST FRANKLIN	1868	FRANKLIN
BEAVER	1800	ALLEGHENY & WASHINGTON	BEAVER
BOROUGH	1804	SOUTH BEAVER
BRIGHTON	1816	SOUTH BEAVER & OHIO
CENTER	1910	MOON
CHIPPEWA	1816	SOUTH BEAVER & OHIO
DARLINGTON	1847	LITTLE BEAVER
DAUGHERTY	1894	PULASKI
FRANKLIN	1850	NORTH SEWICKLEY
GREEN	1812	HANOVER
HANOVER	1786	WHILE PART OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
HARMONY	1851	ECONOMY
HOPEWELL	1812	HANOVER & MOON
INDEPENDENCE	1848 (or 1849)	HOPEWELL
MARION	1845	NORTH SEWICKLEY
NEW SEWICKLEY	1801	SEWICKLEY
NORTH SEWICKLEY	1801	SEWICKLEY
PATTERSON	1845	BRIGHTON
POTTER	SINCE 1910	MOON & RACCOON
PULASKI	1854	SEWICKLEY
RACCOON	1833	MOON & RACCOON
ROCHESTER	1840	NEW SEWICKLEY
SOUTH BEAVER	ca. 1800
WHITE	1887	CHIPPEWA
BEDFORD	1771	CUMBERLAND	BEDFORD
BEDFORD	1768	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
BLOOMFIELD	1876
BROAD TOP	1838	HOPEWELL
COLERAIN	BEFORE 1771	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
CUMBERLAND VALLEY	BEFORE 1771	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
EAST PROVIDENCE	1844	PROVIDENCE
EAST ST.CLAIR	1875	ST.CLAIR
HARRISON	1840	NAPIER
HOPEWELL	1773	BARREE
JUNIATA	1853	HARRISON & NAPIER
KIMMEL	1889	KING & UNION
KING	1876	UNION
LIBERTY	1845	HOPEWELL
LINCOLN	1899	UNION
LONDONDERRY	1785	CUMBERLAND
MANN	1876	SOUTHAMPTON
MONROE	1840	PROVIDENCE
NAPIER	1812	BEDFORD & ST.CLAIR
SNAKE SPRING	1857	COLERAIN & WEST PROVIDENCE
SOUTHAMPTON	ca. 1799
SOUTH WOODBURY	1838	WOODBURY
UNION	1834	ST.CLAIR & GREENFIELD
WEST PROVIDENCE	1844	PROVIDENCE
WEST ST.CLAIR	1875	ST.CLAIR
WOODBURY	1785
BERKS	1752	BUCKS, LANCASTER & PHILADELPHIA	READING
ALBANY	1762
ALSACE	1745 (or 1744)	WHILE PART OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
AMITY	1744	WHILE PART OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
BERN	1738	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
BETHEL	1739	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
BRECKNOCK	1740	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
CAERNARVON	1729	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
CENTER	1843	BERN, UPPER BERN & PENN
COLEBROOKDALE	1741	WHILE PART OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
CUMRU	1737	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
DISTRICT	1759	OLEY & COLEBROOKDALE
DOUGLASS	1736	WHILE PART OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
EARL	1781	OLEY
EXETER	1741	WHILE PART OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
GREENWICH	1755	ALBANY
HEIDELBERG	1734	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
HEREFORD	1753	COLEBROOKDALE
JEFFERSON	1852 (or 1851)	UPPER TULPEHOCKEN
LONGSWAMP	1761	ROCKLAND
LOWER ALSACE	1888	ALSACE
LOWER HEIDELBERG	1842	HEIDELBERG
MAIDENCREEK	1746 (or 1748)	WHILE PART OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
MARION	1844 (or 1843)	TULPEHOCKEN & HEIDELBERG
MAXATAWNY	1742	WHILE PART OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
MUHLENBERG	1851	ALSACE
NORTH HEIDELBERG	1845	HEIDELBERG

The TOWNSHIPS for BERKS COUNTY will be continued on PAGE 3. Click on the LINK at the BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

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