Clarion County

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 border townships. Its shape along the northern, western, and southern sides is very irregular, its natural boundaries being Clarion River, and Big Mill Creek. The … Read more

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, extended into Armstrong county as far as the mouth of Mahoning Creek. This township has itself suffered some further diminution of territory since the erection … Read more

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 by Clarion township, on the east by Jefferson county, on the south by Porter and Redbank townships, and on the west by’ Monroe township. This … Read more

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 Piney, south by Toby, and west by North Perry and East Richland. The surface of the township is considerably broken by numerous ridges, but almost … Read more

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. It was formed from parts of Paint, Highland, and Washington, by a decree of the Court, dated May 7, 1853, and was the result of … Read more

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 one of the most pathetic of backwoods incidents. Purcell was the first inhabitant within the present limits of Highland township, building a cabin on what … Read more

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 region of Clarion county, but is fast being stripped of its wealth of pine and hemlock, thus compelling the inhabitants to bestow more attention to … Read more

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 Dale, John Andrews, and Thomas Beard, commissioners, who about that time surveyed and organized – all the townships in Venango county. Elk then embraced a … Read more

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 as the Mendenhall farm. Later he purchased a part’ of the Attleberger farm, one mile west of the present site of Edenburg. He also owned … Read more

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 Creek. As far as can be learned the first settler here was James Pinks, the pioneer merchant of the county, who early in the present … Read more