History of Warren County

CHAPTER XLII HISTORY OF ELK TOWNSHIP*   THIS township, the organization of which was effected on the 3d of May, 1830 (although formed as “Number Seven” and attached to Kinzua March 8, 1821), is situated in the northeastern part of Warren county, and is bounded north by Cattaraugus county, in the State of New York, … Read more

CHAPTER XLI HISTORY OF LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP LIMESTONE was formed from the provisional townships of Tionesta and Limestone (see chapter on township organization) in August, 1829. At this time the land was covered with large quantities of pine, hemlock and hard wood. Millions of feet of lumber have been manufactured in this township and run to … Read more

CHAPTER XL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP THE territory now comprising for the most part the township of Columbus was formed as early as the 8th of March, 1821, by the name of Northwest, and attached to Spring Creek. It was organized as a separate township on the 25th day of May, 1825, and from that … Read more

CHAPTER XXXIX HISTORY OF KINZUA TOWNSHIP KINZUA township lies on the eastern border of Warren county, and is bounded north by Allegheny River, separating it from the townships of Glade and Elk, east by Corydon and McKean county, south by Sheffield, and west by Mead. It is a good farming town, the soil being composed … Read more

CHAPTER XXXVIII HISTORY OF SPRING CREEK TOWNSHIP   SPRING CREEK township was formed from the original town of Brokenstraw on the 8th day of March, 1821, and was called “Number Two” until the inhabitants named it as it is now known, from the stream which drains its soil. It is in the western tier of … Read more

CHAPTER XXXVII HISTORY OF DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP*   DEERFIELD township was organized by the Court of Warren county on the 8th day of March, 1821, and first called “Number Eleven.” The whole township was then a vast wilderness, very little land having been cleared. A few venturous pioneers had wandered this far into the wilderness and … Read more

CHAPTER XXXVI HISTORY OF PINE GROVE TOWNSHIP PINE GROVE township is a tract of land nearly six miles square, lying somewhat in the northeasterly part of Warren county, and is bounded north by Cattaraugus county in the State of New York, east by Elk township, Warren county, south by Glade and Conewango, and west by … Read more

CHAPTER XXXV HISTORY OF SUGAR GROVE TOWNSHIP   THIS township was formed, as will be seen by reference to the general chapter devoted to the history of township organization, on the 8th of March, 1821, and was called, for immediate convenience, “Number Three.” Its northern boundary line is coincident with the southern limit of the … Read more

CHAPTER XXXIV HISTORY OF BROKENSTRAW TOWNSHIP   BROKENSTRAW township, which was organized as “Number Four,” on the 8th of March, 1821, lies near the geographical center of Warren county, and is bounded north by Sugar Grove, east by Conewango and Allegheny River, separating it from the township of Pleasant, south by Deerfield, and west by … Read more

CHAPTER XXXIII HISTORY OF CONEWANGO TOWNSHIP ALTHOUGH Conewango was not the first township to be organized in the county, it is given a place in these pages next to the borough of Warren, by reason of the fact that from 1808, when it became the second township of Warren, until 1832, the town was only … Read more