Read each book description for publication and condition details and price. At that time it covered what today are east goshen township, west goshen township, the borough of west chester, and part of westtown township. Thanks to new evolving transportation systems of the 19th century and the newly erected cement industry, three separate villages sprang up in close proximity along the lehigh river. And government of the borough of millheim 1893 centre county, pennsylvania. South park township was established in 1966 but a look. Atlas of township warrantee maps of dauphin county 512 pages and companion cd containing original maps and georeferenced maps locating tracts on modern roads. The population was 4,205 at the 2010 census, down from 4,644 at the 2000 census.
History of york county pennsylvania from the earliest time to the present by gibson, john, editor. Menallen township genealogy in adams county, pa usa 1,012,695 pennsylvania 60,629 adams county 955 menallen township 12. The westmoreland county historical society is an educational organization. It is named after an older variant spelling of moyallen, county down, now in northern ireland. According to the united states census bureau, the township has a total area of 11. There are two classifications of townships, first class and second class. Located in allegheny county, pennsylvania, the south park community has an abundance of history.
Goshen township is part of the original 1681 william penn grant and was established in 1704. Several books were written about the area, including i went to pit college. Thomas hutchins, a distinguished geographer and historian, who published several works of merit. Read about the early history of pennsylvania, its oil history, its cultural evolution, and much more. Divided into general, special, township and borough histories with a biographical department. The name is irish origins and is spelled in all possible ways in the old records, but present spelling is what was finally settled on. The name is taken from harveys lake, which covers 1,285 acres. In that year, the patent books and landtitle papers of the master of rolls were. Chartered in 1999, new hanover township historical society preserves the history, lore, and heritage of new hanover township, pennsylvania. The site of arendtsville or johns pursuit, was warrented to nicholas curle january 9, 1739, and patented by john arendt august 14, 1810. Records of the land office pa historical and museum commission. Menallen township municipal office 427 searightherbert road uniontown, pa 15401. Also included is a brief historical summary of each centre county township and an index to every name appearing on the maps and within the history pages.
It is drained by the lehigh river, via the catasauqua creek which separates it from lehigh county. Additional records are listed on the county and state pages. As of the 2010 census the population was 804 residents. We currently have over 1,662,956 images available online. To become a first class township and operate under the powers of the first class township code in. Most of these but not all are county history books that combine history and biographies of families within the county. Choose our history of pennsylvania books at arcadia publishing. Bradsby with aaron sheely pages 253254 transcrbed by vicki hartman. It is believed that settle from adams county in central pennsylvania brought the name manellen with them. Senator simon cameron 17991889 and created on march 29, 1860. Menallen township is a township in adams county, pennsylvania, united states.
Matthew scouten is given credit for being the first white man to live in lake twp. Township history lower allen township, pa a township. Zillow has 31 homes for sale in menallen township pa matching. Christine clepper musser is a lifelong resident of cumberland county who currently resides in silver spring township. The following data has been alphabetized by last name, and color coded by township.
This link is to let everyone know what new books and booklets that are out, dealing with delaware county history. History the borough of northampton as we know it today was originally part of allen township. Adams county pagenweb archives history of adams county. Wolfs closure of pennsylvania schools, the westmoreland history education. Links are to the most likely person articles for the hoh listed in the tax records. Some early settlers of canaan township wayne county pa. You can read about the collection or browse the entire collection. Weakleytownship histories by benjamin whitman and othersbiographical sketches. Silver spring township arcadia publishing history books.
It was named for general philip benner, an early ironmaster who came to this area in 1793. When any record is recorded or transcribed by attaching the record or a copy of it to the book of record, the township seal shall be. Community college of allegheny county washington branch in north franklin township. Warrantee township maps land office maps showing original warrant tracts. This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. Early history of dallas, jackson, lehman, lake twp. California university of pennsylvania in california borough. Local history books on pennsylvania arcadia publishing. Menallen township, fayette county, pennsylvania wikipedia. In 1981, the pennsylvania historical and museum commission installed a.
According to the united states census bureau, the borough has a total area of 0. The township is named after an older variant spelling of moyallen, county down, ireland. Menallen township, adams county, pennsylvania wikipedia. On october 5, 1999, the historical society was founded. Copied survey books official copies of original surveys filed in the land office. History of northampton, lehigh, monroe, carbon, and schuylkill counties. Second class township code, the pa general assembly. If you would like to make people aware of any new books please let me know. Her people, past and present, embracing a history of the county, volume 1 j. Designed to make highquality scholarship accessible for students, the pennsylvania history series has been published since 1948 and now features more than thirty titles that advance the mission of the pha by engaging with key social, political, and cultural issues in the history of the state and region. The land was bounded to the west by what is now bailey rd.
A history of calns hexagonal schoolhouse in 1833, richard pimm married mary edge and they moved onto the land richard had acquired from his mother. It is named after an older variant spelling of moyallen, county down, now in. Pennsylvania history new, used and rare books and ephemera at. Cameron, born in dauphin county, was known as the czar of pennsylvania, because he was one the most powerful state political bosses in history. Zaremba, vice president and secretarytreasurer of the nanticoke historical society, became aware that in his hometown of nanticoke there was no central repository for historical information about the city. Lower allen township provides emergency medical services and police coverage 24 hours a day, and is served by two township based volunteer fire companies. Allen township, northampton county, pennsylvania wikipedia. Rupp in the history of dauphin, cumberland and other counties, is as follows. Read about the early history of pennsylvania, its oil history, its cultural evolution, and much. Tax lists for townships of cumberland county pa, 1750, 1751. In july, 18, there was a further request to the luzerne county quarter sessions court from elemuel hallstead and thirtytwo other men requesting that a plot be drawn of nicholson to show the guaranteed borders, to make a few very small additions and to resolve the two. The 7th volume of county atlases in the early landowners of pa series, this dauphin county atlas contains all information shown on the 24 township warrantee maps which were produced by the pennsylvania. It is a nonprofit corporation in the commonwealth of pa.
He was employed by the owners of the land to look after the property. The uniontown area school district serves the region. Box 446, 810 main street honesdale, pa 18431 phone. The book is accompanied by a cdrom containing images of the entire county in both pdf and tif formats.
Once again nicholson township was a very large township in luzerne county. Allen township, as known today, was originally part of bucks county. General benner established the first iron forge in this area at rock, along the banks of spring creek. Crescent township 225 spring run road crescent, pa 15046 phone. New hanover township historical society, pennsylvania history.
Historic pittsburgh book collection historic pittsburgh. History of northampton county, pennsylvania, illustrated 1884. Thirtyseven signers, mostly scotchirish, formed a petition to the court of quarter sessions in newtown, bucks county, in june 1748, for the creation of a township. History of york county pennsylvania from the earliest time. Lake township was formed in 1841 from monroe and lehman. Special thanks to susan walters who transcribed this work. Menallen township is a township in fayette county, pennsylvania, united states.
Avella is a censusdesignated place in independence township, washington county, pennsylvania, united states. Page 208 gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin. East goshen township, pennsylvania images of america. This antique map east whiteland and atlas chester county 1873 are part of the historic map works, residential genealogy historical map collection, the largest digital collection of rare, ancient, old, historical, cadastral and antiquarian maps of its type. The present metes and bounds were established and finally coordinated in 1752 and 1845, respectively. In 1803 one william sterling, of gettysburg, conveyed forty acres of the. The newlin historical committee was established to identify, list and preserve for posterity significant architectural, natural and other historic sites within the boundaries of newlin township and to preserve an. The uniontown area school district serves the region the township is named after an older variant spelling of moyallen, county down, now in northern ireland. General information east allen township, northampton. History of arendtsville adams county, pennsylvania from the history of adams county, pennsylvania, 1886 by h. Designed to make highquality scholarship accessible for students, the pennsylvania history series has been published since 1948 and now features. Haverford township police officer, matt hufnal has written a new book, hallissey about the making of the first police chief in haverford and the problems. A local historian with a bachelor of arts in american history from vermont college, she has given presentations on the susquehanna river, the bosler family, and centralia, pennsylvania, in addition to the historical articles she has published online and in print. Townships were established based on convenient local geographical boundaries within the borders of the 67 encompassing pennsylvania counties, and typically vary in size from 6 to 40 square miles 16104 km 2.
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