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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
HUNTINGDON	1787	BEDFORD	HUNTINGDON
BARREE	1767	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
BRADY	1846	HENDERSON
CARBON	1858	TODD
CASS	1843	UNION
CLAY	1845	SPRINGFIELD
CROMWELL	1836	SHIRLEY & SPRINGFIELD
DUBLIN	1767	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
FRANKLIN	1786
HENDERSON	1814	HUNTINGDON
HOPEWELL	1787
JACKSON	1845	BARREE
JUNIATA	1856	WALKER
LINCOLN	1866 (or 1856)	HOPEWELL
LOGAN	1878	WEST
MILLER	1880	BARREE & JACKSON
MORRIS	1794	TYRONE
ONEIDA	1856	HENDERSON & WEST
PENN	1846	HOPEWELL
PORTER	1814	HUNTINGDON
SHIRLEY	ca. 1787
SMITHFIELD	1886	WALKER & JUNIATA
SPRINGFIELD	1790	DUBLIN & SHIRLEY
SPRUCE CREEK	1895	FRANKLIN
TELL	1810	DUBLIN
TODD	1838	UNION
UNION	1791	HOPEWELL
WALKER	1827	PORTER
WARRIORS MARK	1798	FRANKLIN
WEST	1796	BARREE
WOOD	1905	CARBON
INDIANA	1803	WESTMORELAND & LYCOMING	INDIANA
ARMSTRONG	1784 (or 1785)
BANKS	1868
BLACKLICK	1807	ARMSTRONG
BRUSH VALLEY	1835	WHEATFIELD
BUFFINGTON	1867	PINE
BURRELL	1853	BLACK LICK
CANOE	1847	MONTGOMERY
CENTER	1807	ARMSTRONG
CHERRY HILL	1844 (or 1845)	BRUSH VALLEY
CONEMAUGH	1803 (or 1807)	ARMSTRONG
EAST MAHONING	1845 (or 1846)	MAHONING
EAST WHEATFIELD	1859	WHEATFIELD
GRANT	1868	MONTGOMERY
GREENE	1816	WHEATFIELD
MONTGOMERY	1834	MAHONING
NORTH MAHONING	1845	MAHONING
PINE	1850
RAYNE	1847	WASHINGTON & GREEN
SOUTH MAHONING	1845 (or 1846)	MAHONING
WASHINGTON	1823 (or 1807)	ARMSTRONG
WEST MAHONING	1845 (or 1846)	MAHONING
WEST WHEATFIELD	1859	WHEATFIELD
WHITE	1843	CENTER, WASHINGTON, GREENE & ARMSTRONG
YOUNG	1830	BLACK LICK & CONEMAUGH
JEFFERSON	1804	LYCOMING	BROOKVILLE
BARNETT	1833	ROSE
BEAVER	1850	CLOVER & RINGGOLD
BELL	1857	YOUNG
CLOVER	1841	ROSE
ELDRED	1836	ROSE & BARNETT
GASKILL	1842 (or 1841)	YOUNG
HEATH	1847	BARNETT
HENDERSON	1857	GASKILL
KNOX	1853	PINE CREEK
McCALMONT	1857	YOUNG
OLIVER	1851	PERRY
PERRY	1818 (or 1817)	PINE CREEK
PINE CREEK	1806
POLK	1851	WARSAW & SNYDER
PORTER	1840	PERRY
RINGGOLD	1848	PORTER; CALLED HASTINGS UNTIL 1853
ROSE	1827	PINE CREEK
SNYDER	1835	PINE CREEK
UNION	1848 (or 1849)	ROSE & ELDRED
WARSAW	1843 (or 1842)	PINE CREEK
WASHINGTON	1836 (or 1839)	PINE CREEK & SNYDER
WINSLOW	1847	WASHINGTON, PINE CREEK & GASKILL
YOUNG	1826
JUNIATA	1831	MIFFLIN	MIFFLINTOWN
BEALE	1843	MILFORD
DELAWARE	1836	GREENWOOD & WALKER
FAYETTE	1834	GREENWOOD & FERMANAGH
FERMANAGH	ca. 1755	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
GREENWOOD	1767	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
LACK	1754	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
MILFORD	1768	WHILE PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
MONROE	1858	GREENWOOD
SPRUCE HILL	1858	TURBETT
SUSQUEHANNA	1858
TURBETT	1815	MILFORD
TUSCARORA	1825	LACK
WALKER	1822	FERMANAGH
LACKAWANNA	1878	LUZERNE	SCRANTON
ABINGTON	1806	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
BENTON	1839 (or 1839)	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
CARBONDALE	1831	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
CLIFTON	1873	COVINGTON
COVINGTON	1818	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
ELMHURST	1941	INCORPORATED AS A BORO 27 MAY 1889; BUT GAVE UP BORO STATUS
FELL	1845	CARBONDALE
GLENBURN	1877
GREENFIELD	1816	ABINGTON
JEFFERSON	1836	BLAKELY
LA PLUME		INCORPORATED AS A BORO 1885; BUT GAVE UP BORO STATUS
LEHIGH	1833	CALLED BUCKS UNTIL 1880
MADISON	1849	COVINGTON & JEFFERSON
NEWTON	1842 (or 1844)	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
NORTH ABINGTON	1867	ABINGTON
RANSOM	1849	WHILE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY
ROARING BROOK	1871	DUNMORE BOROUGH, JEFFERSON & MADISON
SCOTT	1846	GREENFIELD
SOUTH ABINGTON	1867	ABINGTON
SPRING BROOK	1853	COVINGTON & PITTSTON
WEST ABINGTON	1895	ABINGTON
LANCASTER	1729	CHESTER	LANCASTER
BART	1744	SADSBURY
BRECKNOCK	1740
CAERNARVON	1729
CLAY	1853	ELIZABETH
COLERAIN	1738	DRUMORE
CONESTOGA	1712 (or 1718)	WHILE PART OF CHESTER COUNTY
CONOY	1842	WEST DONEGAL
DRUMORE	1729
EARL	1729
EAST COCALICO	1838	COCALICO
EAST DONEGAL	1838	DONEGAL
EAST DRUMORE	1883	DRUMORE
EAST EARL	1851	EARL
EAST HEMPFIELD	1818	HEMPFIELD
EAST LAMPETER	1841	LAMPETER
EDEN	1855	BART
ELIZABETH	1757	WARWICK
EPHRATA	1838	COCALICO
FULTON	1844	LITTLE BRITAIN
LANCASTER	1729	CONESTOGA
LEACOCK	1729
LITTLE BRITAIN	1738	DRUMORE
MANHEIM	1729
MANOR	1730
MARTIC	1730 (or 1729)
MT. JOY	1759 (or 1767	DONEGAL
PARADISE	1843	STRASBURG; ORIGINALLY CALLED PEQUEA. NAME CHANGED PRIOR TO 1853.
PENN	1846	WARWICK
PEQUEA	1853	CONESTOGA

The TOWNSHIPS of LANCASTER COUNTY will be continued on PAGE 9.

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