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McLean, James Robinson, George Sensenderfer and Jacob Wentz.
In the Mexican war no Montgomery county organ- ization took part. Neither are there records at hand showing who volunteered. W. S. Hancock, who had graduated at West Point in 1844, took part in the war as an officer and was made a brevet first lieutenant "for gallant and meritorious conduct."
The Civil war dates from the firing on Fort Sum- ter on April 12, 1861. In response to the President's
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call for troops, April 15, seven companies of Mont- gomery county men started from the county seat for the front. At least fifty companies of soldiers, num- bering about 8000 men, who enlisted for periods rang- ing from ninety days to three years, were made up in the county. Some men re-enlisted. The placing of substitutes was allowed, religious bodies assisting their members in such instances wherever possible. The story of each individual has not been told and cannot be told. Of the services of the companies there are records. One regiment to which five Montgomery county companies belonged travelled by marches 1738 miles, by water 5390 miles, by railroad 3311 miles. The women organized and rendered invaluable service. By deeds done the names Hartranft, Hancock, Jones, Zook, Schall, Yost, Bean and others became household words. The names of 546 soldiers who lost their lives in the struggle are recorded on the monument in the Public Square, Norristown.
In the Spanish-American war, April 24, 1898-De- cember 10, 1898, the soldiers volunteered; it is, there- fore, difficult to collect data respecting Montgomery countians.
The history of Montgomery county in the World War has not been written. Data have been collected, but have not been edited and made available to the public. Suffice it to say that in every phase of war ac- tivity the citizens of the county rendered their due share of service, often "going over the top." In the various Liberty Loan subscriptions approximately $35,000,000 was invested by residents of the county in the bonds issued.
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BUILDINGS TYPICAL OF MODERN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION East Greenville High School Building Upper Dublin Consolidated Grammar School Building Upper Moreland Junior High School Building
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THE MIGRATIONS
The Migra- tions
Whence the people of early Montgomery county came has been shown in part in an- other connection. Whither they went is quite a different problem. That there has been a movement out of the county goes without saying. That this was a matter of necessity is well established. There was a limit to the number of farmers who could acquire farms. In early times, before the age of steam and machinery, there was little else to do. The sur- plus population had to find means of subsistence else- where. In addition the county was in its early days a kind of recruiting station or transfer point. The coun- ty has thus been a huge beehive from which busy work- ers have been swarming to found new communities. Machines have made the county more of a manufactur- ing community. The drift of population is rather to factory centers than to untilled acres.
Montgomery countians moved into Bucks county and helped to build up present Northampton county. They became part of other counties. They swarmed into the Carolinas and the Shenandoah valley before the Revolution and helped to make up the pioneer bands who took up Kentucky and Tennessee. They moved into the Ohio country and the states beyond and after the close of the Civil war helped to populate the fron- tier states. Their descendants thrive on the Pacific coast and in Canada. Hans Joost Hite, at one time an extensive landholder in the county, helped to acquire and develop 10,000 acres of land in Orange county, Vir- ginia. He drew Montgomery county families after himself. Many of the Deshlers of Columbus, Ohio, and many prominent citizens of Penn Yan, N. Y., and Eas- ton, Penna., are descendants of two orphan boys of Worcester township. Records show that families of
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the upper end migrated to North Carolina and Mary- land prior to 1789.
Maryland had a population of 25,000 in 1689, 30,000 in 1710 and 130,000 in 1756. The greater part of the increase in population was due to the migration of Pennsylvanians among whom was a sprinkling of Montgomery countians. Descendants of forty immi- grant families of 1734 have been traced to forty-two states, the District of Columbia, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Germany.
Hendrick Pennabecker, who was prominent in the county in early days, has over 3000 descendants scat- tered far and wide throughout the United States. Among these are eight clergymen, fifteen physicians, twenty-eight lawyers, three burgesses, nine assembly- men, five state senators, two county treasurers, one state treasurer, two members of constitutional conven- tions, one canal commissioner, one presidential elector, two members of Congress, one governor. One hundred and forty-four were engaged in the Civil war, of whom twenty-seven were commissioned officers, including two generals and fourteen colonels. Of the women three married judges, one became the wife of a United States senator and one a countess residing in Switzerland.
Among the men of national reputation who could look back to the county as an ancestral home, either on paternal or maternal side, may be mentioned U. S. Grant, Governor Porter, of Michigan; Medary, of Ohio, governor of Kansas; John Reynolds, governor of Illi- nois; General Custer, victim of an Indian massacre; Dr. Joseph Leidy, the Muhlenbergs, Rev. Dr. Jacob Fry, Christopher Heydrick, Chester D. Hartranft.
The children and grandchildren of one Montgomery county family were scattered in Illinois, Arizona, Ohio, California, Kansas, Iowa, Idaho, Pennsylvania.
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Before the final history of the county can be writ- ten an exhaustive study of this migratory movement must be made.
Legis-
What each one may do and may not do is in part defined by man-made laws, regulations,
lation and customs. These, few and simple in pioneer days, grew with the growth of the county until today it would be a very difficult problem to determine their number. Some years ago it was es-
HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL WAYNE September 20-26, 1777, Birthplace of John F. Hartranft, 1830, Southwest of Fagleysville
timated that a citizen of New York city was subject to 21,260 laws, including the laws of the United States, but not including the "ordinances, regulations issued by police, fire, tenement, water, street, licenses, alder- manic, dock, charity, and other departments." In ad-
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dition to these public laws there are regulations of business, church and society that shape conduct. These facts help one to form a vague idea of the intricate net- work of laws that bind us. These shape the history of the county; citizens of the county through the vote of themselves or their representatives helped to shape them.
At one time Montgomery county was a dis- Busi- tinct agricultural community. The farmer ness then almost controlled the local market and produced nearly all he needed in the home or on the farm. Since that time conditions have been continually changing. Before the Declaration of Independence Philadelphia had become a busy harbor for the importation and exportation of goods of all kinds.
A hundred years ago the larger country stores of- fered for sale: chinaware from China, France, and England; coffee from Arabia and the West Indies ; cocoa from South America; alum from Sweden and Germany; cinnamon from Ceylon; cloves and nut- megs from the Spice Islands; oranges and lemons from the Mediterranean coast; sugar and molasses from the West Indies; wine from Portugal and Spain; shawls from Cashmere in Tartary; carpets from Turkey, Persia and Hindostan; silks from China and India; laces from France and the Netherlands; cotton cloth and calicoes from India and Great Britain; woolen goods from England and France.
Today dealers in fancy fruit offer for sale the finest fruits from Florida, Jamaica, Belgium, South Africa, Spain, Arabia, Turkey, California, Smyrna. The village store sells canned goods from California, Maryland, New York, Wisconsin, Florida, Maine, Mas- sachusetts and Connecticut; toys from Europe; silks
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from Japan ; dates from Greece ; Queensware from Eng- land and Austria; shoes made in Massachusetts from hides imported from South America; linens from Ire- land; coffee from South America; cotton from Egypt; fish from Norway; salmon from Alaska; furs from
Monument in Memory of GENERAL NASH Mennonite Cemetery, Kulpsville, Pa.
Russia. The village druggist in the thousands of items offered for sale has products from all parts of the world. The manufacturer faces the manufacturer of other communities and nations and in many cases is de- pendent on other countries for his raw materials; the storekeeper likewise competes with other communities; the farmer in selling his products in the same way
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faces the world. The hides, the dresses, meats, the grain, the foods of other continents regulate the prices of what he has to sell.
"The industrial system which the mechanical revo- lution has fastened upon the human race in the last hundred years is so inconceivable intricate and so close- ly articulated that dislocation in one part affects the rest and industrial cohesiveness in the world has come to be a more essential factor in the world than political cohesiveness. The time, therefore, is long past when any nation can isolate itself from the economic secur- ity or chaos of the rest of the world. To talk in terms of eighteenth century formulas, to repeat the advice of eighteenth century statesmen, is to blind our eyes to what has happened in the last hundred years. Whether we like it or not, the race in that time has blazed a new trail-a trail which cannot be retraced. For better or worse the family of nations has been drawn together in an interdependent relationship far closer than our forefathers in Washington's day ever dreamed of."
Raymond B. Fosdick.
LOG HUT, VALLEY FORGE
CHAPTER VIII
STATISTICS
Aim of Chapter The purpose of this chapter is to make ac- cessible statistics that throw light on past and present progress in the county. A com- parative study of these is not offered because it will be more interesting and valuable to the pupil to undertake original studies and comparisons for himself under the teacher's direction. It may not be out of place to caution the pupil that while figures do not lie, as the saying goes, it is easy to misrepresent and to draw wrong conclusions with them.
Montgomery county was established by an County Statistics Act of Assembly, passed September 10, 1784, and contains approximately 480 square miles (variously stated as 450, 473, 484 square miles). Its population was 22,924 in 1790, less than 50 per square mile, and in 1920 199,310, more than 400 per square mile. At the latter period the state had a popula- tion of almost 200 per square mile; Philadelphia of al- most 14,000 and Pike county of less than 13 per square mile. Of the population of 1920, 8,326 were negroes, 68 Indians, Chinese and Japanese and 24,669 foreign-born whites. Among the latter the following countries were represented, arranged according to numbers, the highest first: Italy, Ireland, Germany, England, Poland, Hun- gary, Russia, Scotland, Canada, France, Czecho-Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Jugo-Slavia, Wales, Lithu- ania, Rumania, Syria, and other countries.
At the formation of the county there were in the county 58 gristmills, 36 sawmills, 33 tanneries. In 1830 there were 17 merchantmills, 99 gristmills, 76 sawmills, 3
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marble sawmills, 15 paper mills, 30 oilmills, 10 clover- mills, 12 powdermills, 5 ironworks, 9 cotton factories, 3 woolen factories, 11 fulling mills and 27 tanneries.
The State Department of Internal Affairs published the following data respecting the productive industries of the county for the year 1920 :
Industry Building and
Men
Wages
Capital
Value of Production
Contracting.
1,043
$ 1,415,000
$
1,141,800
$ 4,769,900
Clay and Glass.
618
772,700
1,102,600
1,753,400
Chemicals, etc.
232
299,600
1,770,800
6,753,700
Food and Food
Products. . .
724
987,900
2,585,200
7,207,100
Leather and Rubber .....
764
1,029,000
5,173,800
5,685,900
Liquors, etc. .
95
150,100
1,432,500
866,700
Lumber, etc ..
585
741,500
1,634,500
2,714,900
Paper and Printing. . .
1,902
2,533,600
5,590,000
10,909,600
Products ...
6,654
5,600,000
13,363,600
35,842,500
Metals and Products. ..
14,037
22,165,400
47,373,200
138,081,700
Quarries. ..
160
219,300
277,100 25,610,600
546,200 4,422,000
Tobacco and Products ...
2,755
2,194,900
2,019,500
Miscellaneous.
2,234
2,877,900
9,426,600
8,552,500 18,248,900
Total. . ...
32,430
$41,869,800
Total 1919. .
30,020
31,703,800
$118,501,800 94,296,400
$246,355,000 178,148,300
County Population 1920:
Conshohocken Norristown Pottstown
Bal. of Co.
199,310
8,481
32,319
17,431
Employes :
32,430
2,205
4,725
4,193
21,307
Wages:
$ 41,869,800
$ 3,357,500
$ 5,475,100 $ 5,224,100
$ 27,813,100
Capital : 118,501,800
10,213,800
27,042,900
16,036,700
65,208,400
Value of Product :
246,355,000
17,949,200
22,951,000
33,003,100
172,451,700
Textiles and
Mines and
Public Service.
627
997,900
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Philadelphia during the same year, 1920, paid out in wages $106,080,100 on a capital of $2,164,419,200 and manufactured goods valued at $2,343,626,700.
In 1921 Montgomery county industries turned out the following products :
25,000 gallons of alcohol, 8,514 tons of fertilizers, 819,- 250 gallons of tar, 13,814,000 building bricks, 83,309 pounds of confectionery, 516,342 gallons of ice cream, 92,354 tons of manufactured ice, 4,200 gallons of vinegar, 1,048,429 rubber tires and tubes, 1,884,781 cigar boxes, 1,591,104 pairs of gloves other than leather, 1,416,082 dozen pairs of hosiery, 765,830 dozen shirts, 12,325 tons of iron and steel bars, 53,249 tons of billets, blooms and slabs, 76,563 tons of iron and steel ingots, 293,132 tons of pig iron, 3,220 tons of manganese, 6,729 tons of pipes and tubings, 31,039 tons of iron and steel plates, 31,890 tons of iron and steel sheets, 18,420 typewriting ma- chincs, 1,213 tons of glass sand, 105,446,336 cigars, 10,300 dozen brooms, 381,580 tons of by-product coke.
The Triennial Assessment of the county published in 1922 gives the following totals :
Value of Real Estate taxable .$104,714,770
Number of horses, mares, geldings and mules over the
age of four years
11,336
Value $ 707,485
Number of meat cattle over the age of four years .. 17,885
Value $ 738,500
Value of salaries and emoluments of office, offices, posts of profit, professions, trades and occupations 9,106,425 Aggregate value of all property taxable for county purposes 115,267,180
Amount of money at interest, including mortgages, judgments, bonds, notes, stocks, etc ..
42,929,240
Value of stages, ominbusses, hacks, cabs, etc .. 24,925
Aggregate value of property taxable for state pur- poses
42,954,165
These figures do not include Abington, Cheltenham and Lower Merion townships.
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The growth of the wealth of the county is shown by the following comparative Statement of Assessments and Taxes 1900 to 1922, as given in Annual Report of the Controller :
Comparative Statement of Assessments, Taxes, Etc.
Year
Amount Valuation Co. Purposes
Amount County Tax
Amount Valuation State Purposes
Amount State Tax
1900
$ 82,545,825
$165,091.65
$ 22,249,060
$ 88,926.24
1901
81,222,100
162,444.20
22,841,945
91,377.78
1902
83,947,960
167,895.92
23,011,605
92,046.42
1903
85,649,945
171,299.89
23,274,930
93,099.80
1904
91,196,615
182,393.23
23,744,815
94,979.26
1905
93,160,630
186,482.94
25,764,659
101,998.97
1906
95,198,375
190,396.75
26,977,020
197,908.08
1907
102,593,830
307,781.19
30,386,315
121,154.26
1908
104,848,750
209,697.50
31,727,565
126,910.26
1909
104,962,250
314,785.55
34,182,566
136,730.26
1910
112,569,310
337,707.69
39,937,615
156,750.46
1911
115,291,200
345,873.15
45,560,892
182,243.75
1912
115,079,920
345,239.76
52,921,085
211,684.32
1913
126,662,510
379,987.53
61,280,540
245,122.16
1914
128,484,660
256,969.32
72,389,720
289,558.88
1915
130,359,825
260,719.65
81,610,695
326,442.68
1916
134,438,350
268,876.70
98,886,690
395,546.76
1917
136,816,380
273,632.76
115,200,260
460,801.04
1918
137,908,830
275,817.66
125,137,636
500,550.54
1919
147,469,845
294,939.69
133,198,210
532,792.84
1920
150,108,295
300,216.59
136,692,632
546,770.52
1921
160,137,721
320,275.43
141,935,813
567,743.24
1922
184,906,530
369,813.06
143,273,235
573,092.94
The same report gives the Receipts and Expenditures of the county as follows :
RECEIPTS
Respective Balances in Treasury January 1, 1922.
County Funds Account $ 92,884.41
Liquor License Funds Account
9,964.02
Mercantile License Funds Account. . 242.61
Hunters' Lic. Funds Acct., Year 1921.
46.80
Clerk of Courts' Funds Acct. (Over- draft, $234.04) .
Register of Wills' Funds Acct .. 3,424.17
Recorder of Deeds' Funds Acct ..
24,697.54 $ 131,025.51
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COUNTY STATISTICS
Received from various sources and
credited to the following accounts during the year :
County Funds Acct. (Sundry Items) .. $ 441,912.23
County Funds Acct. (Temp. Loans) . 300,000.00
County Funds Acct. (Transfer of Balances)
564,692.15
Dog Taxes Funds Acct.
15,088.00
State Tax Funds Acct.
560,059.10
Treasurer's Fees on Fishing License Funds Acct. 343.20
Liquor License Funds Acct.
16,896.64
Mercantile License Funds Acct.
66,259.41
Fishing License Funds Acct.
3,460.00
Hunters' License Funds Acct.
9,907.00
Treasurer's Fees on Dog License
Funds Acct.
1,225.10
Dog License Fines Funds Acct.
1,294.00
Appraiser's Fee Funds Acct ..
1,991.75
Treasurer's Fees on Liquor and Mer- cantile License Funds Acct.
1,431.00
Fishing Law Fines Funds Acct .. 40.00
Refund Commissions Funds Acct.
449.88
Clerk of Courts' Funds . Acct.
6,352.67
Ex-Clerk of Courts' Funds Acct. 7.00
Prothonotary's Funds Acct.
15,568.45
Register of Wills' Funds Acct.
20,195.13
Recorder of Deeds' Funds Acct.
52,667.55
Sheriff's Funds Acct.
14,427.31
Ex-Sheriff's (L. A. Nagle, Dec'd)
53.00
Ex-Sheriff's (C. Swartz, Dec'd)
3.00
$2,094,323.57
Grand Total of all receipts, including balances
$2,225,349.08
EXPENDITURES
County, proper, including salaries of Commissioners, Controller, District Attorney, Coroner and Treasurer's Office $1,266,261.45
Prison
34,347.12 92,936.28
Almshouse
Refund of Interest on daily balance 12.37
$1,393,575.22
SPECIAL FUNDS EXPENDED
Dog Tax Funds $ Liquor License Funds 25,278.66 15,088.00
Mercantile License Funds 66,356.98
Hunters' License Funds 1921 Year .. 46.80
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STATISTICS
Hunters' License Funds 1922 Year ..
8,872.30 560,059.10
State Tax Funds .
Fishing License Funds 3,455.00 Treasurer's Fees on Dog Lic. Funds .. 1,225.10
Treasurer's Fees on Fish'g Lic. Funds
343.20
Appraiser's Fees Funds
1,991.75
Treasurer's Fees Funds
1,431.00
Refund Commissions Funds
449.88
Dog Law Fines Funds
1,289.00
Fishing Law Fines Funds
40.00
Clerk of Courts' Funds
5,658.45
Ex-Clerk of Courts' Funds 7.00
Prothonotary's Funds
11,008.93
Register of Wills' Funds
19,949.86
Recorder of Deeds' Funds
29,164.76
Sheriff's Funds
14,427.31
Ex-Sheriff's Funds (L.A.Nagle, Dec'd)
53.00
Ex-Sheriff's Funds (Chas. Schwartz, Dec'd)
3.00
$ 766,199.08
$2,159,756.30
RECAPITULATION OF COUNTY FUNDS DISBURSEMENTS
Commissioners' Office $ 63,244.28
Controller's Office
11,697.37
Coroner's Office
1,222.35
Clerk of the Courts' Office
3,698.51
District Attorney's Office
14,771.36
Prothonotary's Office
6,293.21
Register of Wills' Office
1,350.38
Recorder of Deeds' Office
4,447.49
Sheriff's Office
3,002.00
Treasurer's Office
13,257.88
Bonded Indebtedness
11,620.00
Elections
27,208.93
Charitable and Penal Institutions
107,230.75
Bridges
231,377.34
Road Damages
14,980.70
Roads
255,171.01
Courts
48,589.04
Court House
12,143.34
House of Detention
9,744.08
Justice of the Peace
15.51
Miscellaneous
425,195.92
$1,266,261.45
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TOWNSHIP STATISTICS
It will be instructive to get nearer home in Township the study of statistics. For this reason Statistics data bearing on the various townships and boroughs have been collated which are pre- sented herewith.
Table I gives the origin and area of the districts and some particulars of them at the establishment of the county.
Table II shows the growth of the county viewed from the standpoint of the schools.
Table III shows the growth of the county viewed from the standpoint of census reports.
Table IV shows number of males, age 21-45 years, 1920, and property taxable for County and State pur- poses. By virtue of an Act of Assembly, 1913, all so- called "State Tax" is applied to county use. Previously three-fourths reverted to the county, the State retaining one-fourth.
Table V shows what some of our roads are costing the community.
Table VI shows the number of dealers paying mer- cantile taxes in the various districts.
These are submitted in the hope that they may re- ceive careful consideration and that the pupils of the county schools will gain a clearer conception of what our county is and from what humble beginnings it has arisen.
TABLE I-FORMATION OF TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS
STATISTICS 1785
Date of Formation
Formed From
Approximate Area
at Formation
Landholders and
Tenants, 1734
Taxables 1741
Slaves
Gristmills
Sawmills
Tanneries
Horses
Cattle
Taverns
Abington. .
1703
Original
9,920
42
62
4
2
2
. .
276
310
2
Ambler. .
1888
Upper Dublin, Gwynedd, Whitemarsh, Whitpain
Bridgeport.
1851
Bryn Athyn.
1916
Cheltenham .
1681
Original
5,300
23
67
6
3
1
155
148
Collegeville . 1896
Upper Providence
1 sq. m.
Conshohocken.
1850
Plymouth and marsh
White-
Douglass. . .
1736
John Penn Manor
9,600
58
1
4
1
280
400
4
East Norriton . . 1909
Norriton
Franconia.
1731
Salford
9,520
34
59
2
2
1
153
266
1
Frederick. .1730
Original
9,600
42
76
5
5 .
4
2
167
292
Greenlane .
1875
Marlborough
154
Gwynedd.
1702
Original
12,150
49
93
3
2
1
222
362
5
Hatboro. 1871
Moreland
600
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· ·
Hatfield Borough. . . 1898
Hatfield
276
. .
. .
. .
. .
· ·
· .
Hatfield Township. . 1742
Original
7,100
9,966
17
80
1
2
1
199
270
2
Jenkintown .
. 1874
Abington
248
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. .
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. .
. .
. .
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. .
Lansdale.
1874
Gwynedd, Hatfield. .
269
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. .
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. .
. .
. .
STATISTICS
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:
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2
1
1
149
267
1
Horsham .. . 1717
Original
. .
. .
. .
. .
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.
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East Greenville. 1875
Upper Hanover
180
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.
·
.
Upper Merion. .
460
Moreland
. .
640
·
. .
130
Limerick .
.1722 Manatawny
14,101
21
59
1
2
205
329
2
Lower Frederick. 1919
Frederick
· ·
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. . . . .
. .
Lower Gwynedd . 1891
Gwynedd
Lower Merion ..
1684
Original
14,500
52
101
7
5
4
2
245
298
4
Lower Moreland.
1916
Moreland
. .
. .
· ·
. .
· ·
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. .
Lower Pottsgrove .. 1889
Pottsgrove
5,900
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. .
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. .
. .
. .
Lower Providence.
1805
Lower Salford ..
1741
Salford
8,936
2
2
3
145
245
1
Marlborough . .
.1741
Salford
8,500
1
3
2
139
186
4
Montgomery .
.1714
Original
7,170
28
54
4
1
· . 2
132
204
1
Moreland.
.1684
Original
10,960
71
125
19
10
3
2
343
373
4
Narberth .
.1895
Lower Merion
· ·
87
1
3.
303
472
4
Norristown. 1812
Norriton, Plymouth
2,300
Norriton . .
.. 1730
Williamstaedt
5,200
20
25
14
· 2
4
1
181
269
6
North Wales
.1869
Pennsburg.
.1887
Upper Hanover
375
Perkiomen-Skippack
3,600
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Original. Date of Van Bebber Patent
11,440
42
73
7
3
1
1 210
319
2
Plymouth .
1686
Original
5,153
16
46
2
1
150
156
4
Pottsgrove.
.1806
Douglass, New Hanover
11,600
Pottstown.
1815
Pottsgrove .
268
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Red Hill
1902
Upper Hanover
427
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Rockledge.
.1893
Abington
225
Royersford.
,1879
Limerick
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Skippack .. . . 1886
Perkiomen-Skippack
7,900
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Souderton . . 1887
Franconia
4,013
16
29
2
1
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1
94
129
4
Towamencin .
. 1728
Original
6,160
32
55
1
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117
165
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131
Trappe. . .
.1896
Upper Providence
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Perkiomen . .1886
Perkiomen-Skippack ... 1702
Gwynedd
100
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Salford . .
1892
Upper Salford
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Schwenksville.
.1903
Perkiomen
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Springfield ..
.1684
Penn Manor
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New Hanover .1724
Original
12,960
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Providence
9,143
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STATISTICS
132
Upper Dublin, before 1719
Abington
8,840
35
77
1
6
2
193
235
1
Upper Frederick ...... 1919
Frederick
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Upper Gwynedd ....... 1891
Gwynedd
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2
251
381
1
Upper Merion, before 1714
Manor of Mt. Joy
10,200
32
52
6
4
3
192
216
3
Upper Moreland ...... 1916
Moreland
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Upper Pottsgrove ..... 1889
Pottsgrove
5,680
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