Area History: Village Name Changes and Deserted Villages: Clinton Co, PA

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       VILLAGE NAME CHANGES AND DESERTED VILLAGES OF CLINTON COUNTY

Deserted Villages:

Revelton (which was Revelsville)
Peacock
Rock Cabin
Eagleton
Halltown (one mile south of Swissdale Crossroads, became part of Swissdale)
Whetham

Village Name Changes:

Loganton was Logansville
North Bend was Youngwomanstown then North Point.
   Youngwomanstown (Chinis-quay-ka-non) was the oldest name
   in the history of the West Branch Valley.
Salona was Mudtown then McGhee's town, then Mechanicsburg
Mackeyville was Hamburg
Rote was Flat Rock
Green-Burr was Greenville
Rauchtown was Rauch's Gap
Lock Port was Loveland then Lockport then changed to two words.
Lamar was Belle Springs then Yankeetown.
Dunnstown was Dunnsburg.
McElhattan was Wayne Station.
Swissdale was Pleasant Valley then Churchville then German Settlement. (see
Halltown, above).
Queen's Run was Quinn's Run.
Beech Creek was Quigley's Creek.
Westport was Kettle Creek.
Renovo's first Post Office was Drury's Run.
Part of Lock Haven and part of Allison Township was called Old Town.
Bellefonte Avenue was Clinton Avenue.
Avis was Oak Grove

**A sincere Thank-you to Karen Lightner who provided the above information.**