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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
CLEARFIELD	1804	NORTHUMBERLAND & LYCOMING	CLEARFIELD
BECCARIA	1807 (or 1830)	CHINGLECLAMOUCHE
BELL	1835	CHEST & PIKE
BIGLER	1883	BECCARIA, GULICH, KNOX & WOODWARD
BLOOM	1860	PENN, PIKE, BRADY & UNION
BOGGS	1838	BRADFORD, JORDAN & DECATUR
BRADFORD	1807	CHINGLECLAMOUCHE
BRADY	1828	CHEST
BURNSIDE	1835	CHEST
CHEST	1826	BECCARIA & PIKE
COOPER	1884	MORRIS
COVINGTON	1817	LAWRENCE
DECATUR	1828	BRADFORD
FERGUSON	1839	PENN & JORDAN
GIRARD	1832	COVINGTON
GOSHEN	1845	LAWRENCE & GIRARD
GRAHAM	1856	BRADFORD & MORRIS
GREENWOOD	1875	BELL, FERGUSON & PENN
GULICH	1858	BECCARIA
HUSTON	1839	LAWRENCE
JORDAN	1835	BECCARIA
KARTHAUS	1841	COVINGTON
KNOX	1854	JORDAN PIKE & FERGUSON
LAWRENCE	1813	BRADFORD
MORRIS	1835 (or 1836)	PIKE
PENN	1835 (or 1834)	PIKE
PIKE	1813	CHINGLECLAMOUCHE
PINE	1873	LAWRENCE
SANDY	1878	BRADY & HUSTON
UNION	1848
WOODWARD	1848	DECATUR
CLINTON	1839	LYCOMING & CENTRE	LOCK HAVEN
ALLISON	1839	BEFORE FORMATION OF CLINTON COUNTY, BUT ANNEXED TO CITY OF LOCK HAVEN. (REINCORPORATED IN 1878 AS A TOWNSHIP.)
BALD EAGLE	BEFORE 1839
BEECH CREEK	1850	BALD EAGLE
CASTANEA	1877	DUNNSTABLE
CHAPMAN	1839	WHILE PART OF LYCOMING COUNTY
COLEBROOK	BEFORE 1839
CRAWFORD	1841	WAYNE
DUNNSTABLE	BEFORE 1839	BALD EAGLE
EAST KEATING	1875	KEATING
GALLAGHER	1849	COLEBROOK
GREENE	1840	LOGAN
GRUPAN	1851 (or 1852)	CHAPMAN & COLEBROOK
LAMAR	1817	WHILE PART OF CENTRE COUNTY
LEIDY	1847 (or 1848)	CHAPMAN
LOGAN	BEFORE 1839	WHILE PART OF CENTRE COUNTY
NOYES	1875	CHAPMAN
PINE CREEK	BEFORE 1839
PORTER	1840 (or 1841)	LAMAR
WAYNE	BEFORE 1839	WHILE PART OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
WEST KEATING	1875	KEATING
WOODWARD	1841 (or 1842)	DUNNSTABLE
COLUMBIA	1813	NORTHUMBERLAND	BLOOMSBURG
BEAVER	1845	MIFFLIN
BENTON	1850	FISHING CREEK
BRIAR CREEK	1797	FISHING CREEK
CATAWISSA	1785	WHILE PART OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
CLEVELAND	1893	LOCUST
CONYNGHAM	1856	LOCUST
FISHING CREEK	1789	WHILE PART OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
FRANKLIN	1843	CATAWISSA
GREENWOOD	1799	FISHING CREEK
HEMLOCK	1801	MAHONING
JACKSON	1838	GREENWOOD & SUGARLOAF
LOCUST	1853	CATAWISSA
MADISON	1817	GREENWOOD
MAIN	1844	MIFFLIN & CATAWISSA
MIFFLIN	1799	WHILE PART OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
MONTOUR	1837	HEMLOCK
MT. PLEASANT	1818	BLOOM, GREENWOOD & FISHING CREEK
NORTH CENTRE	1923	CENTRE
ORANGE	1839	BLOOM, FISHING CREEK & MT. PLEASANT
PINE	1853	DERRY & MADISON
ROARING CREEK	1832	CATAWISSA
SCOTT	1853	BLOOM
SOUTH CENTRE	1923	CENTRE
SUGARLOAF	1812	FISHING CREEK
CRAWFORD	1800	ALLEGHENY	MEADVILLE
ATHENS	1829	STEUBEN
BEAVER	1800
BLOOMFIELD	1811	OIL CREEK
CAMBRIDGE	1852	VENANGO
CONNEAUT	1800
CUSSEWAGO	1800
EAST FAIRFIELD	1867 (or 1868)	FAIRFIELD
EAST FALLOWFIELD	1841	FALLOWFIELD
EAST MEAD	1898	MEAD; WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1800
FAIRFIELD	1800
GREENWOOD	1829	FALLOWFIELD & FAIRFIELD
HAYFIELD	1829	MEAD, VENANGO & CUSSEWAGO
NORTH SHENANGO	1830	SHENANGO; WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1800
OIL CREEK	1800
PINE	1845	NORTH SHENANGO
RANDOLPH	1824	MEAD, ROCKDALE & OIL CREEK
RICHMOND	1829	ROCKDALE & RANDOLPH
ROCKDALE	1800
ROME	1829	BLOOMFIELD & OIL CREEK
SADSBURY	1800
SOUTH SHENANGO	1830	SHENANGO
SPARTA	1829	BLOOMFIELD
SPRING	1829	BEAVER & CUSSEWAGO
STEUBEN	1850 (or 1851)	TROY & ATHENS
SUMMERHILL	1829
SUMMIT	1843 (or 1841)	SADSBURY & SUMMERHILL
TROY	1829	OIL CREEK, RANDOLPH & WAYNE
UNION	1867	VERNON, GREENWOOD & FAIRFIELD

The TOWNSHIPS of CRAWFORD COUNTY will be continued on PAGE 6.

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