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Chapter 59 – History of Mill Creek Township

CHAPTER LIX HISTORY OF MILL CREEK TOWNSHIP Mill Creek township is situated in the eastern part of Clarion county, being, as shall be seen by the boundary, one of the…

Chapter 58 – History of Madison Township

CHAPTER LVIII HISTORY OF MADISON TOWNSHIP This township, lying in the southwest corner of the county, was formerly a portion of Toby township, and before the formation of Clarion county,…

Chapter 57 – History of Limestone Township

CHAPTER LVII HISTORY OF LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP This township is located in the eastern part of Clarion county, and is, in shape, almost a rhomboid. It is bounded on the north…

Chapter 56 – History of Licking Township

CHAPTER LVI HISTORY OF LICKING TOWNSHIP Licking township lies next north of the southern tier of townships in Clarion county. It is bounded on the north by Beaver, east by…

Chapter 55 – History of Knox Township

CHAPTER LV HISTORY OF KNOX TOWNSHIP This division of the county, in topographical character, is an undulating upland, cut deeply from north to south in the center by Paint Creek.…

Chapter 54 – History of Highland Township

CHAPTER LIV HISTORY OF HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP THE settlement of this township was clouded by a calamity which, however obscure the victims and remote the scene, appeals to human sympathy as…

Chapter 53 – History of Farmington Township

CHAPTER LIII HISTORY OF FARMINGTON TOWNSHIP Farmington is the largest township in the county, containing over forty square miles, about one-fourteenth of its whole area. It is preeminently the lumber…

Chapter 52 – History of Elk Township

CHAPTER LII HISTORY OF ELK TOWNSHIP Elk township, taking its name from Elk Creek (now Deer Creek), a stream-flowing through its midst, was originally organized, in March, 1806, by Samuel…

Chapter 51 – History of Edenburg Borough

CHAPTER LI HISTORY OF EDENBURG BOROUGH The history of Edenburg dates back to about 1840, at which time J.G. Mendenhall purchased from a man named Neff the premises now known…

Chapter 50 – History of Curllsville Borough

CHAPTER L HISTORY OF CURLLSVILLE BOROUGH Curllsville is a somewhat scattered village located in the southwest corner of Monroe township, and mainly on the right bank of the Big Licking…