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…
Chapter 49 – History of Clarion Borough
CHAPTER XLIX HISTORY OF CLARION BOROUGH Few of the county seats of the Commonwealth arose under circumstances similar to those of Clarion. It came into existence on a spot, which,…