History of Warren County

CHAPTER LII HISTORY OF CHERRY GROVE TOWNSHIP CHERRY GROVE township was erected from the old township of Sheffield, on the 7th of December, 1847. Sheffield, Mead, and Cherry Grove were originally included in the old township of Kinzua. In the month of May, 1832, Adam L. Pratt, now of Sheffield, and Richard Dunham, with his … Read more

CHAPTER LI HISTORY OF MEAD TOWNSHIP   THIS township was erected from portions of Sheffield, Kinzua and Pleasant townships, the report of the commissioners being confirmed absolutely on the 7th of June, 1847. It lies east of the center of Warren county, and is bounded north by Allegheny River, separating it from Glade, east by … Read more

CHAPTER L HISTORY OF PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP   THE township of Pittsfield was formed from the old townships of Spring Creek and Brokenstraw. The report of the commissioners appointed by the court is dated June 5, 1847, but the order confirming the report is not on record. The township, as now constituted, is nearly a parallelogram … Read more

CHAPTER XLIX HISTORY OF CORYDON TOWNSHIP CORYDON township was erected by order of the court on the 20th of March, 1846, from territory then recently set off from McKean county. It consists of a long narrow strip of land occupying the extreme northeastern corner of the county, and is bounded north by Cattaraugus county, N.Y., … Read more

CHAPTER XLVIII HISTORY OF GLADE TOWNSHIP   GLADE township, lying northeast of the center of Warren county, is an irregular tract, bounded north by Pine Grove and Elk townships, east by Allegheny River, separating it from Kinzua, south by the same stream, separating it from Kinzua and Mead, and west by Conewango Creek, separating it … Read more

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