HISTORY: Historic Huntingdon, 1767-1909, Chapter 11, Townships, Huntingdon County, PA

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Historic Huntingdon, 1709-1907.  Huntingdon Old Home Week, September 
5-11, 1909.  Souvenir Edition.  Huntingdon, Pa.: Historical Committee 
of the Old Home Week Association, 1909.
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                               CHAPTER XI.

                                Townships.

  There were six original townships wholly or partly within the present 
limits of Huntingdon County at the time of its erection in 1787, viz:  
Barree, Huntingdon, Hopewell, Shirley, Dublin and Tyrone.
  Those six original townships have been divided and subdivided and now 
number thirty.
  Of the original six, four are still in existence, viz:  Barree, 
Dublin, Hopewell and Shirley.  Huntingdon and Tyrone no longer exist in 
Huntingdon county.
  From Tyrone have been formed Franklin, Morris and Warrior's Mark and 
part of Spruce Creek.
  From Huntingdon have been formed Henderson, Porter, Walker, Brady 
Juniata, part of Oneida, part of Spruce Creek and Smithfield.
  From Barree have been formed West, Jackson and parts of Oneida, Logan 
and Miller.
  From Shirley have been formed Clay and parts of Springfield and 
Cromwell.
  From Hopewell have been formed Union, Tod, Cass, Penn, Carbon, 
Lincoln and Wood.
  From Dublin have been formed Tell and parts of Springfield and 
Cromwell.
  The following is a list of the present townships:

Townships.           When erected.      From.

1.  Barree,          October, 1767,     Original.
2.  Brady,           April, 1846,       Henderson.
3.  Carbon,          April, 1858,       Tod.
4.  Cass,            January, 1843,     Union.              

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TOWNSHIPS (Continued).

Townships.           When erected.      From.

 5.  Clay,           April 1845,        Springfield.
 6.  Cromwell,       January, 1836,     Shirley & Springfield.
 7.  Dublin,         October, 1767,     Original.
 8.  Franklin,       March, 1789,       Tyrone.
 9.  Henderson,      November, 1814,    Huntingdon.
10.  Hopewell,       July, 1773,        Original.
11.  Jackson,        January, 1845,     Barree.
12.  Juniata,        November,1856,     Walker.
13.  Lincoln,        August, 1866,      Hopewell.
14.  Logan,          April, 1878,       West.
15.  Miller,         May, 1881,         Barree.
16.  Morris,         August, 1794,      Tyrone.
17.  Oneida,         August, 1856,      West & Henderson.
18.  Penn,           November, 1846,    Hopewell. 
19.  Porter,         November, 1814,    Huntingdon.
20.  Shirley,        1779,              Original.
21.  Smithfield,     March, 1886,       Porter, Walker & Juniata.
22.  Springfield,    December, 1790,    Shirley & Dublin.
23.  Spruce Creek,   September, 1895,   Morris, Franklin & Porter.
24.  Tell,           April, 1810,       Dublin.
25.  Tod,            April, 1838,       Union.
26.  Union,          June, 1791,        Hopewell.
27.  Walker,         April, 1827,       Porter.
28.  Warriors Mark,  1798,              Franklin. 
29.  West,           April, 1796,       Barree.
30.  Wood,           March, 1905,       Carbon.