History: Local: Township Formation. Washington Co., PA
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Township & Borough Formation in Washington County


TOWNSHIP 	  FORMATION 	NOTE
Allen 	          14 Jun 1853
Amwell 	          15 Jul 1781
Bethlehem 	  15 Jul 1781
Buffalo 	  8  May 1799
Cannonsburg 	  22 Feb 1802 	Chartiers
Canton 	          10 Jun 1791
Carrol 	          30 Sep 1834
Cecil 	          15 Jul 1781
Chartiers 	  12 Mar 1790
Cross Creek 	  23 Mar 1790
Cumberland        15 Jul 1781 	Greene Co. 1802
Dickinson         15 Sep 1785
Donegal           15 Jul 1781
East Bethlehem 	  18 Jan 1790 	Bethlehem
East Findley 	  24 Dec 1828 	Findley
Fallowfield 	  15 Jul 1781
Findley 	  6  May 1788
Franklin 	  16 Jul 1787 	Greene Co. 1802
Franklin 	  13 Aug 1855
Greene 	          3  Apr 1782 	Greene Co. 1802
Hanover 	  11 Mar 1786
Hopewell 	  15 Jul 1781
Independence 	  19 May 1855
Jefferson 	  16 Jun 1853
Morgan 	          15 Jul 1781 	Greene Co. 1802
Morris 	          13 Mar 1788
Mount Pleasant 	  12 May 1806
North Straban 	  2  May 1831 	Straban
Nottingham 	  15 Jul 1781
Peters 	          15 Jul 1781
Pike Run 	  8  Jan 1792
Rich Hill 	  13 Mar 1793 	Greene Co. 1802
Robison 	  15 Jul 1781
Smith 	          15 Jul 1781
Somerset 	  3  Apr 1782
South Straban 	  2  May 1831 	Straban
Straban 	  15 Jul 1781
Union 	          31 Mar 1836
West Bethlehem 	  18 Jan 1790 	Bethlehem
West Findley 	  24 Dec 1828 	Findley

BOROUGHS
Beallsville 	  16 Feb 1852 	Pike Run Twp.
Bentleysville 	  2  May 1868 	Somerset Twp.
California 	  26 Nov 1853 	Pike Run Twp.
Claysville 	  2  Apr 1832
Greenfield 	  9  Apr 1834 	Pike Run Twp.
Millsborough 	  16 Apr 1840 	Bethlehem Twp.
Monongahela City  1  Apr 1837 	Carrol Twp.
Washington (town) 6  Feb 1786
West Brownsville  2  Apr 1852 	Pike Run Twp.
West Middletown   27 Mar 1823



Source: Creigh, Alfred.



History of Washington County from its first settlement to the present time :
first under Virginia as Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta County until 1781, and
subsequently under Pennsylvania : with sketches of all the townships, boroughs,
and villages, etc. : and to which is added a full account of the celebrated
Mason and Dixon's Line, the Whiskey Insurrection, Indian warfare, traditional
and local historical events.. Harrisburg, Pa.: B. Singerly, printer, 1871, c1870