Month: December 2008

CHAPTER XLVII HISTORY OF ELDRED TOWNSHIP     THIS township was formed from Southwest on the 8th day of September, 1843, and was named from Judge Eldred, a sketch of whose life is written in this work. The credit of procuring the formation and organization of the township belongs justly to Samuel W.B. Sanford, who … Read more

CHAPTER XLVI HISTORY OF SOUTHWEST TOWNSHIP   THIS township, which was formed from Deerfield in March, 1838, is situated in the extreme southwestern corner of the county, whence its name, and is bounded north by the township of Eldred, east by Triumph, south by Venango county, and west by Crawford county. It is nearly square … Read more

CHAPTER XLV HISTORY OF PLEASANT TOWNSHIP   THE township of Pleasant, a sparsely settled, irregular tract of territory, is situated nearly in the center of Warren county, and is bounded north by the Allegheny River, separating it from Conewango and Glade townships and. Warren borough, on the east by Mead township, on the south by … Read more

CHAPTER XLIV HISTORY OF FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP THE township of Freehold was formed from Columbus and Sugar Grove on the 3d of September, 1833. It contains about thirty-five square miles, or something more than twenty-two thousand acres. It is in the northern tier of Warren county townships, and is bounded north by Chautauqua county N.Y., east … Read more

CHAPTER XLIII HISTORY OF SHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP   THIS township was formed from Kinzua, on the 7th of June, 1833. Its territory occupies the entire southeastern corner of Warren county, and is bounded north by Kinzua and Mead townships, east by McKean county, south by Forest county, and west by the township of Cherry Grove. It … Read more

CHAPTER XLII HISTORY OF ELK TOWNSHIP*   THIS township, the organization of which was effected on the 3d of May, 1830 (although formed as “Number Seven” and attached to Kinzua March 8, 1821), is situated in the northeastern part of Warren county, and is bounded north by Cattaraugus county, in the State of New York, … Read more

CHAPTER XLI HISTORY OF LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP LIMESTONE was formed from the provisional townships of Tionesta and Limestone (see chapter on township organization) in August, 1829. At this time the land was covered with large quantities of pine, hemlock and hard wood. Millions of feet of lumber have been manufactured in this township and run to … Read more

CHAPTER XL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP THE territory now comprising for the most part the township of Columbus was formed as early as the 8th of March, 1821, by the name of Northwest, and attached to Spring Creek. It was organized as a separate township on the 25th day of May, 1825, and from that … Read more

CHAPTER XXXIX HISTORY OF KINZUA TOWNSHIP KINZUA township lies on the eastern border of Warren county, and is bounded north by Allegheny River, separating it from the townships of Glade and Elk, east by Corydon and McKean county, south by Sheffield, and west by Mead. It is a good farming town, the soil being composed … Read more

CHAPTER XXXVIII HISTORY OF SPRING CREEK TOWNSHIP   SPRING CREEK township was formed from the original town of Brokenstraw on the 8th day of March, 1821, and was called “Number Two” until the inhabitants named it as it is now known, from the stream which drains its soil. It is in the western tier of … Read more