AREA HISTORY:  Carroll Township, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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THE TOWNSHIP OF CARROLL – Page 649

THIS township was formed out of eastern part of Franklin and western part of Monaghan.  The 
viewers appointed to make the division were William Caldwell, John Aughenbaugh and George 
Darron.  The court confirmed their report in 1831.  The names of the petitioners for the new 
township were Henry Logan, F. Eichelberger, Isaac Prosser, Alexander Cathcart, Samuel Anderson, 
W. Elcock, Andrew Mumper, John H. Carl, Robert Hamersly, Michael Bender, John Bentz, John 
Eichelberger, M. Arnold, John Hursh, Henry Smyser, Jacob Lau, George Klugh, Noah Mumper, James 
Black, Jacob Shearer, Jacob Knisley, Abraham Dehuff and Aaron G. Blackford and others.

Carroll joins the county of Cumberland on the north, the township of Monoghan on the east, 
Washington on the south, and Franklin on the west.  The land, which is quite undulating, slopes 
to the north and is drained by the Dogwood Run and Stony Run, tributaries of the Yellow 
Breeches.  The soil in general is very fertile and productive.  This township contains some of 
the finest homes and farms in the county.  There are valuable deposits or iron ore, much of 
which has been taken out.  A bed of marl was found on the farm of John Dill in 1799.

The population of Carroll, including Dillsburg, in 1880, was 1,338; the number of taxables in 
1884, in township alone, 348; valuation of real estate, $569,465; county tax $2,146; State tax, 
$65.

The Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad crosses the upper end of this township, and the Mechanicsburg 
& Dillsburg Railroad penetrates to the last-named town.

The iron interests of Carroll are of special importance, and future developments promise still 
more favorable results.  The following article was carefully prepared by John N. Logan, Esq.