Clarion County

CHAPTER LXIX HISTORY OF ST. PETERSBURG BOROUGH The land now included within the limits of the borough of St. Petersburg, in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, was granted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by letters patent under, the great seal of the State, in the year 1794 to Jared Ingersoll, John Adlum, Alexander James Dallas, Charles Swift, … Read more

CHAPTER LXVIII HISTORY OF RIMERSBURG BOROUGH LOCATION – The borough and post-village of Rimersburg is situated in the southwestern part of the county, partly in Madison township, and partly (the greater part) in Toby township. Previous to 1829 the site of the town was a barren, covered with a dense growth of underbrush, through which … Read more

CHAPTER LXVII HISTORY OF RICHLAND TOWNSHIP Richland township lies in the western part of Clarion county. The Allegheny River forms the western boundary. The township extends to the Clarion River on the south, and to Venango county on the northwest. Salem township forms the northern boundary, and Beaver and Licking townships the eastern. It has … Read more

CHAPTER LXVI HISTORY OF REDBANK TOWNSHIP The present limits of Redbank township include a very small part of the original township, which was organized September 18, 1806, and included Redbank, Porter, Monroe, Limestone, Clarion, and Mill Creek townships in this county, and Redbank, Mahoning, and part of Madison in Armstrong county. The township was named … Read more

CHAPTER LXV HISTORY OF PORTER TOWNSHIP Porter township was so named in honor of David R. Porter, governor’ of Pennsylvania in 1839 – 42, at the time it was struck off Redbank township. It is bounded on the north by Monroe and Limestone, on the east by Redbank, on the south by New Bethlehem and … Read more

CHAPTER LXIV HISTORY OF PINEY TOWNSHIP THIS township lies south of the central part of the county. It is bounded on the north by Beaver, east by Monroe, south by Toby, and west by Licking and Beaver. The surface of the township is generally hilly, and portions of it are very rough. The main elevation … Read more

CHAPTER LXIII HISTORY OF PERRY TOWNSHIP THIS township lies in the extreme southern part of the county. It is bounded on the north by the Clarion River, east by the Clarion River and Licking and Toby townships, south by Toby township and the Allegheny River, and west by the Allegheny and Clarion Rivers. The township … Read more

CHAPTER LXII HISTORY OF PAINT TOWNSHIP PAINT township lies east of Beaver and Elk townships, and north of the Clarion River, which separates it from Clarion borough, Piney, Monroe and Clarion townships. It is drained by Paint Creek flowing west into Deer Creek and Toby creek, which flows southwest into the Clarion River. It was … Read more

CHAPTER LXI HISTORY OF NEW BETHLEHEM BOROUGH The town was first called Gumtown, in honor of Henry Nolf, Jr., whose popular name was “Gum Nolf,” and who located in the place in 1830. Afterwards it was changed to Bethlehem, and again to New Bethlehem, to distinguish it from a place of the same name in … Read more

CHAPTER LX HISTORY OF MONROE TOWNSHIP Monroe township, lying slightly to the south and east of the center of the county, is of irregular form. Its greatest length is, from north to south, about eight and one-half miles, its greatest breadth, from east to west, nearly five miles, and its area is about twenty-five square … Read more