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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
ERIE	1800	ALLEGHENY	ERIE
AMITY	1825	UNION
CONCORD	1800	BROKENSTRAW
CONNEAUT	1800
ELK CREEK	1800
FAIRVIEW	1800
FRANKLIN	1844	McKEAN, WASHINGTON & ELK
GIRARD	1832 (or 1846)
GREENE	1800
GREENFIELD	1800
HARBOR CREEK	1800
LAWRENCE PARK		MILLCREEK
LE BOEUF	1800
MILLCREEK	1800
McKEAN	1800
NORTH EAST	1800
SPRINGFIELD	1800
SUMMIT	1854	GREENE, McKEAN & WATERFORD
VENANGO	1876	SANDY CREEK
WASHINGTON	1800	FIRST CALLED CONNEAUTEE; NAME CHANGED IN 1834
WATERFORD	1800
WAYNE	1826 (or 1821	CONCORD
FAYETTE	1783	WESTMORELAND	UNIONTOWN
BROWNSVILLE	1817	REDSTONE
BULLSKIN	1784	TYRONE
CONNELLSVILLE	1822	BULLSKIN
DUNBAR	1798	MENALLEN
FRANKLIN	1783
GEORGES	1783
GERMAN
HENRY CLAY	1824	WHARTON
JEFFERSON	1840	WASHINGTON
LOWER TYRONE	1877	TYRONE
LUZERNE	1783
MENALLEN	1783
NICHOLSON	1845	SPRINGFIELD, GERMAN & GEORGES
NORTH UNION	1851 (or 1857)	UNION
PERRY	1839	FRANKLIN, TYRONE & WASHINGTON
REDSTONE	1797	MENALLEN
SALT LICK	1797	BULLSKIN
SOUTH UNION	1851 (or 1857)	UNION
SPRINGFIELD	1847 (or 1748)	SALT LICK
SPRINGHILL	1783
STEWART	1855
UPPER TYRONE	1877	TYRONE
WASHINGTON	1783
WHARTON	1783
FOREST	1848	JEFFERSON & VENANGO	TIONESTA
BARNETT	1854
GREEN	BEFORE 1866	WHILE PART OF VENANGO COUNTY
HARMONY	BEFORE 1866	WHILE PART OF VENANGO COUNTY
HICKORY	BEFORE 1866	WHILE PART OF VENANGO COUNTY
HOWE	1867
JENKS
KINGSLEY	BEFORE 1866	WHILE PART OF VENANGO COUNTY
TIONESTA
FRANKLIN	1784	CUMBERLAND	CHAMBERSBURG
ANTRIM	1741	WHILE PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY
FANNETT	1761	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
GREENE	1788
GUILFORD	1751	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
HAMILTON	1752	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
LETTERKENNY	1761 (or 1762)	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
LURGAN	1743
METAL	1795	FANNETT
MONTGOMERY	1781	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
PETERS	1751	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
QUINCY	1838	WASHINGTON
ST. THOMAS	1818	PETERS & HAMILTON
SOUTHAMPTON	1783	LURGAN
WARREN	1798	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
WASHINGTON	1779
FULTON	1850	BEDFORD	McCONNELLSBURG
AYR	1754 - 1761	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
BELFAST	1785	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
BETHEL	1773	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
BRUSH CREEK	1850
DUBLIN	1767	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
LICKING CREEK	1837	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
TAYLOR	1849	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
THOMPSON	1849	WHILE PART OF BEDFORD COUNTY
TODD	1849	AYR
UNION	1864	BETHEL
WELLS	1849	ORIGINALLY CALLED AUGHWICK; NAME CHANGED IN 1850
GREENE	1796	WASHINGTON	WAYNESBURG
ALEPPO	1821	SPRINGHILL
CENTER	1820	FRANKLIN & MORRIS
CUMBERLAND
DUNKARD	1798	GREENE
FRANKLIN	FREEPORT	1932
GILMORE	1857	RICHHILL
GRAY	1832
GREENE	1782
JACKSON	1839	RICHHILL
JEFFERSON	1798	MORGAN
MONONGAHELA	1822	GREENE
MORGAN
MORRIS	1798	RICHHILL
PERRY	1842	GREENE
RICHHILL
SPRINGHILL	1860	ALEPPO & GILMORE
WASHINGTON	1838	MORGAN
WAYNE	1808	FRANKLIN
WHITELEY	1798	GREENE

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