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HISTORY of PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES and TOWNSHIPS

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Continueing for the next several pages will be the lists of the PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES and their TOWNSHIPS.

The TOWNSHIPS for BERKS COUNTY are continued from Page 2.

NAME of COUNTY or TOWNSHIP	DATE of CREATION	PARENT COUNTY or TOWNSHIP	COUNTY SEAT
BERKS	1752	BUCKS, LANCASTER & PHILADELPHIA	READING
OLEY	1740	WHILE PART OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
ONTELAUNEE	1839	MAIDENCREEK
PENN	1841	BERN & UPPER BERN
PERRY	1852	WINDSOR
PIKE	1813 (or 1812)	EARL, OLEY & ROCKLAND
RICHMOND	1752 (or 1755)
ROBESON	1729	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
ROCKLAND	1758	OLEY
RUSCOMBMANOR	1752 (or 1759)
SOUTH HEIDELBERG	1914	LOWER HEIDELBERG
SPRING	1850	CUMRU
TILDEN	1887	UPPER BERN
TULPEHOCKEN	1729	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
UNION	1752 (or 1753)	COVENTRY
UPPER BERN	1789	BERN (UPPER BERN did not operate as a separate Twp. until 1820)
UPPER TULPEHOCKEN	1820	TULPEHOCKEN
WASHINGTON	1839	HEREFORD & COLEBROOKDALE
WINDSOR	1752
BLAIR	1846	HUNTINGDON & BEDFORD	HOLLIDAYSBURG
ALLEGHENY	1793	FRANKSTOWN WHILE PART OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY
ANTIS	1810	ALLEGHENY WHILE PART OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY
BLAIR	1839	FRANKLIN WHILE PART OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY
CATHERINE	1846	MORRIS WHILE PART OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY
FRANKSTOWN	1775	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
FREEDOM	1857 (or 1858)	JUNIATA
GREENFIELD	BEFORE 1846	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
HUSTON	1842	WOODBURY
JUNIATA	1847	GREENFIELD
LOGAN	1850	ALLEGHENY & ANTIS
NORTH WOODBURY	BEFORE 1771	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
SNYDER	1840	WHILE PART OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY
TAYLOR	1855	NORTH WOODBURY & HUSTON
TYRONE	1771	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
WOODBURY	BEFORE 1787	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
BRADFORD	1812	LUZERNE & LYCOMING	TOWANDA
ALBANY	1824	ASYLUM & MONROE
ARMENIA	1843	CANTON & TROY
ASYLUM	1814	WYALUSING
ATHENS	1797	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
BARCLAY	1867	FRANKLIN
BURLINGTON	1802	WYSOX
CANTON	1804	BURLINGTON
COLUMBIA	1813	SMITHFIELD
FRANKLIN	1819	CANTON, TROY & BURLINGTON
GRANVILLE	1831	CANTON, TROY, BURLINGTON & FRANKLIN
HERRICK	1838	PIKE, WYSOX & ORWELL
LeROY	1835	CANTON & FRANKLIN
LITCHFIELD	1821	ATHENS
MONROE	1821	BURLINGTON & TOWANDA
NORTH TOWANDA	1851	TOWANDA
ORWELL	1801	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
OVERTON	1853	ALBANY, FRANKLIN & MONROE
PIKE	1813	PIKE
RIDGEBURY	1818	ATHENS & WELLS
ROME	1831	ORWELL & SHESHEQUIN
SHESHEQUIN	1820	ULSTER
SMITHFIELD	1809	ULSTER
SOUTH CREEK	1835	WELLS & RIDGEBURY
SPRINGFIELD	1813	SMITHFIELD
STANDING STONE	1841	HERRICK & WYSOX
STEVENS	1926	PIKE
TERRY	1859	ASYLUM
TOWANDA	1790 (or 1808)	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
TROY	1815	BURLINGTON
TUSCARORA	1830	WYALUSING (called "SPRING HILL" until 1856)
ULSTER	1787
WARREN	1813	ORWELL & PIKE
WELLS	1813	SMITHFIELD
WEST BURLINGTON	1855	BURLINGTON
WILMOT	1849	ASYLUM
WINDHAM	1813	ORWELL
WYALUSING	1790	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
WYSOX	1795
BUCKS	1682	---------------------	DOYLESTOWN
BEDMINSTER	1742	PLUMSTEAD
BENSALEM	1692
BRIDGETON	1890	NOCKAMIXON
BRISTOL	1692
BUCKINGHAM	1703
DOYLESTOWN	1818	NEW BRITAIN, BUCKINGHAM & WARWICK
DURHAM	1743	IT WAS NOT GOVERNED AS A TOWNSHIP UNTIL 1775
EAST ROCKHILL		ROCKHILL WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1740
FALLS	1692
HAYCOCK	1763	ROCKHILL, BEDMINSTER, TINICUM, NOCKAMIXON & SPRINGFIELD
HILLTOWN	1722
LOWER MAKEFIELD	1737	MAKEFIELD
LOWER SOUTHAMPTON	1928	SOUTHAMPTON; WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1703
MIDDLETOWN	1692
MILFORD	1734 (or 1752)	RICHLAND
NEW BRITAIN	1723	HILLTOWN
NEWTOWN	1703
NOCKAMIXON	1746	TINICUM
NORTHAMPTON	1722
PLUMSTEAD	1725	BUCKINGHAM
RICHLAND	1734
SOLEBURY	1702
SPRINGFIELD	1743	RICHLAND
TINICUM	1738 (or 1747)
UPPER MAKEFIELD	1737	MAKEFIELD
UPPER SOUTHAMPTON	1928	SOUTHAMPTON
WARMINSTER	1692
WARRINGTON	1734	WARMINSTER
WARWICK	1743
WEST ROCKHILL		ROCKHILL; WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1740
WRIGHTSTOWN	1703
BUTLER	1800	ALLEGHENY	BUTLER
ADAMS	1854	CRANBERRY & MIDDLESEX
ALLEGHENY	1854	VENANGO & PARKER
BRADY	1854	SLIPPERY ROCK & CONNOQUENESSING
BUFFALO	BEFORE 1803
BUTLER	1804
CENTER	1804
CHERRY	1854	SLIPPERY ROCK
CLAY	1854
CLEARFIELD	1804
CLINTON	1854	MIDDLESEX & BUFFALO
CONCORD	1854
CONNOQUENESSING	1804
CRANBERRY	1854 (or 1804)	CONNOQUENESSING
DONEGAL	1854 (or 1804)
FAIRVIEW	1854	DONEGAL
FORWARD	1854	CONNOQUENESSING & MIDDLESEX
FRANKLIN	1854	MUDDY CREEK
JACKSON	1854	BUTLER
JEFFERSON	1854	BUTLER
LANCASTER	1854	CONNOQUENESSISNG
MARION	1854	SLIPPERY ROCK
MERCER	1804	SLIPPERY ROCK
MIDDLESEX	BEFORE 1800	WHILE PART OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY
MUDDY CREEK	1804
OAKLAND	1854	BUTLER & DONEGAL
PARKER	1854	VENANGO
PENN	1854	CONNOQUENESSING & MIDDLESEX
SLIPPERY ROCK	BEFORE 1800	WHILE PART OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY
SUMMIT	1854	BUTLER & CLEARFIELD
VENANGO	1804
WASHINGTON	1846	VENANGO
WINFIELD	1854	CLEARFIELD & BUFFALO
WORTH	1854	MUDDY CREEK AND SLIPPERY ROCK
CAMBRIA	1804	SOMERSET, BEDFORD AND HUNTINGDON	EBENSBURG
ADAMS	1870	RICHLAND
ALLEGHENY	1807
BARR	1872	BLACKLICK, CAMBRIA, & SUSQUEHANNA
BLACKLICK	1850	CAMBRIA, CARROLL & JACKSON
CAMBRIA	1798
CHEST	1853	WHITE & SUSQUEHANNA
CLEARFIELD	1822	ALLEGHENY
CONEMAUGH	1801	WHILE PART OF SOMERSET COUNTY
CRESSON	1893	WASHINGTON
CROYLE	1858	SUMMERHILL
DEAN	1877	CLEARFIELD
EAST CARROLL	1910	CARROLL
EAST TAYLOR	1884	TAYLOR
ELDER	1878	CHEST
GALLITZEN	1866	ALLEGHENY
JACKSON	1828	CAMBRIA & SUMMERHILL
LOWER YODER	1879	YODER
MIDDLE TAYLOR	1908	WEST TAYLOR
MUNSTER	1854	ALLEGHENY, CAMBRIA & WASHINGTON
PORTAGE	1878	SUMMERHILL & WASHINGTON
READE	1879	WHITE
RICHLAND	1833	CONEMAUGH
STONEYCREEK	1876	CONEMAUGH
SUMMERHILL	1810	CAMBRIA
SUSQUEHANNA	1825	ALLEGHENY & CAMBRIA
UPPER YODER	1879	YODER
WASHINGTON	1834 (or 1831)	ALLEGHENY, CAMBRIA & WASHINGTON
WEST CARROLL	1910	CARROLL
WEST TAYLOR	1884	TAYLOR
WHITE	1838	CLEARFIELD

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