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HISTORY of PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES and TOWNSHIPS

Hi! Welcome to the PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY PAGE 6.

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

The TOWNSHIPS of CRAWFORD COUNTY are continued from PAGE 5.

NAME of COUNTY or TOWNSHIP	DATE of CREATION	PARENT COUNTY or TOWNSHIP	COUNTY SEAT
CRAWFORD	1800	ALLEGHENY	MEADVILLE
VENANGO	1800
VERNON	1829	MEAD & SADSBURY
WAYNE	1809	MEAD, RANDOLPH & TROY
WEST FALLOWFIELD	1841	FALLOWFIELD
WEST MEAD	1898	MEAD
WEST SHENANGO	1863	SHENANGO
WOODCOCK	1829	MEAD & ROCKDALE
CUMBERLAND	1750	LANCASTER	CARLISLE
COOKE	1872	PENN
DICKINSON	1785	WEST PENNSBORO
EAST PENNSBORO	1745	PENNSBORO
HAMPDEN	1845	EAST PENNSBORO
HOPEWELL	1735	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
LOWER ALLEN	1850 (or 1849)	ALLEN; WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1766
LOWER FRANKFORD	1920	FRANKLIN; WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1795
LOWER MIFFLIN	1920	MIFFLIN; WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1797
MIDDLESEX	1859	NORTH MIDDLETON
MONROE	1825	ALLEN
NORTH MIDDLETON	1810	MIDDLETOWN
NORTH NEWTON	1920	NEWTON; WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1767
PENN	1860 (or 1859)	DICKINSON
SHIPPENSBURG	1784
SILVER SPRING	1757 (or 1787)	EAST PENNSBORO
SOUTHAMPTON	1783	HOEPWELL & LURGAN
SOUTH MIDDLETON	1810	MIDDLETON
SOUTH NEWTON	1920	NEWTON
UPPER ALLEN	1850	ALLEN
UPPER FRANKFORD	1920	FRANKFORD
UPPER MIFFLIN	1920	FRANKFORD
WEST PENNSBORO	1745	PENNSBORO
DAUPHIN	1785	LANCASTER	HARRISBURG
CONEWAGO	1850	DERRY & LONDONDERRY
DERRY	1729	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
EAST HANOVER	1842	HANOVER
JACKSON	1828	HALIFAX
LONDONDERRY	1768 (or 1767)	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
LOWER PAXTON	1729 (or 1767)	PAXTON
LOWER SWATARA	1840	SWATARA
LYKENS	1810	UPPER PAXTON
MIDDLE PAXTON	1787	PAXTON
MIFFLIN	1819	UPPER PAXTON & LYKENS
REED	1849	MIDDLE PAXTON
RUSH	1820	MIDDLE PAXTON
SOUTH HANOVER	1842	HANOVER
SUSQUEHANNA	1815	PAXTON
SWATARA	1813	BETHEL & HANOVER
UPPER PAXTON	1767	PAXTON
WASHINGTON	1846 (or 1845)	MIFFLIN
WAYNE	1878	JACKSON
WEST HANOVER	1842	HANOVER
WICONISCO	1839 LYKENS
WILLIAMS	1869	WICONISCO
DELAWARE	1789	CHESTER	MEDIA
ASTON	1687
BETHEL	1883	CONCORD
BIRMINGHAM
CHESTER	1682	WHILE PART OF CHESTER COUNTY
CONCORD	1683
DARBY
EDGMONT	1687
HAVERFORD	1682
LOWER CHICHESTER	1682
MARPLE	1684
MIDDLETOWN	1686 or 1687	FIRST KNOWN AS MIDDLE
NETHER PROVIDENCE	1687	PROVIDENCE
NEWTOWN	ABOUT 1685
RADNOR	ca. 1684
RIDLEY
SPRINGFIELD	ca. 1684	RIDLEY
THORNBURY	1687
TINICUM	1780
UPPER CHICHESTER	1781	CHICHESTER
UPPER DARBY	1736	DARBY
UPPER PROVIDENCE	ABOUT 1687
ELK	1843	JEFFERSON, McKEAN & CLEARFIELD	RIDGWAY
BENEZETT	BEFORE 1843
BENZINGER	BEFORE 1843
FOX	1814
HIGHLAND	1850	RIDGWAY
HORTON	1850	FOX
JAY	BEFORE 1843
JONES	BEFORE 1843
MILLSTONE	1870	SPRING CREEK
RIDGWAY	1833
SPRING CREEK	BEFORE 1843

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