Townships, Somerset County

<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>This township was formed in the early part of 1796 from Quemahoning and Milford, and was named after the county and the county seat of the same name. Its territory has since been considerably reduced by the formation of other districts; still it is the largest township in the county, and the … Read more

<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Upper Turkeyfoot township was organized in 1848, its territory, up to that date, having been included in the old township of Turkey-Foot. This region was settled early, but much of the land, owing to its mountainous and rugged features, still remains uncleared. A large number of the early settlers were Irish. Many … Read more

<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Organized in 1853, Middlecreek Township contains 19,318 acres or about 30 square miles, and was formed out of the western part of Milford Township. It was named after the stream of the same name that ran through the middle of Milford and became Middlecreek\’s eastern boundary. One of the first settlers in … Read more

<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>BROTHER’S VALLEY was organized as a township of Bedford county, in 1771, and was the first township formed west of the Allegheny mountains in the Province of Pennsylvania. It then included all of the present county of Somerset which is situated west of the Allegheny mountain, and extended northward into the present … Read more

<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Stony Creek was organized as a township of Bedford county in 1792 out of a part of Quemahoning Township and named for the large stream that crosses it. It was the last of the six townships of what is now Somerset County formed by the Bedford County courts. When it was created, … Read more

<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Addison township, the third township created after the organization of Somerset County, was formed from a part of Turkeyfoot township in 1800. It was named after the Hon. Alexander Addison, the first judge of the courts of Somerset County. It is bounded on the west by the Youghiogheny river, the north by … Read more

<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Elk Lick was so named from the fact that within the township was a lick which the elk and deer used to frequent. The township was organized as a division of Bedford county about the year 1785. Settlements were made very early by immigrants of German and Irish birth. The first settled … Read more

<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Quemahoning township derives its name from its principal watercourse. The Rev. Jacob Heckewelder, who for forty years was a missionary among the Delawares and other tribes of Indians, gives the following as the derivation of the name: Cuuni-Mahoni. Cuuni, meaning a pine grove; Mahoni, water from a lick; the full significance of … Read more

<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Lincoln Township was formed by the Somerset County Court out of the northwestern part of Somerset Township in 1890. It was named for Abraham Lincoln. Some of the first settlers were Christopher Beam, John Bell, Michael Sipe and Henry Geiger. The principal towns and villages are Bell, Harrison (Quecreek), Sipesville and Edie. … Read more

<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Fair Hope township was formed in 1891, out of adjoining parts of Northampton, Southampton and Allegheny townships, and was named after the village of Fairhope. It was the last township created and also the smallest in Somerset County. The first settlers and early history of this township cannot easily be separated from … Read more