AREA HISTORY:  Warrington 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 WARRINGTON – Page 664

IN 1744 Thomas Cookson, deputy surveyor of Lancaster County assisted by William 
Richardson laid off the township of Warrington.  The original shape of this 
township was that of an irregular pentagon, extending northeast and southeast, 
and included the present township of Washington and a small portion of what is 
now Adams County, with the Conewago Creek as its southeastern boundary, Newberry 
to the east and Monaghan to the north.  The names of many first settlers of this 
and adjoining townships will be found in the article in this work on “The 
Friends or Quakers.”  Warrington, like the names of nearly all the original 
townships of York County, is English.  There is a town and township by that name 
along the Mersey River, in Lancashire, England.  Many actions between the royal 
and parliamentary forces took place on its soil during the civil wars of 
England.  The Friends of Bucks County, Penn., gave a township the same name, and 
two or three post villages in the United States also bear it.