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The county paid into the state trea- sury in 1831,
For tax on bank dividends, $358 65
on writs, 302 24
Tavern licenses, 1097 19
Duty on dealers in foreign merchandize, 1324 58
Collateral inheritances, 70 42
$3153 08
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STATISTICAL TABLE OF HUNTINGTON COUNTY.
Greatest | Area
Townships, &c.
Lth.
Bth.
in Acres
Face of the country.
Soil.
Population.
Tax- abl's
Allegheny,
10
7
39040 hilly, mount'ous, red shale,
1159
773
: 90
Antes,
10분
8
49280 hill and valley,
do.
1053
1387
1770
367
Dublin,
81
5
25350 hilly,
lime. & red shale, clay,
970
632
666
153
Franklin,
8
6ª
22400 valley, mt'nous,
limestone,
571
870
220
Frankstown,
13
8
51200
do.
red shale,
1114
1641
387
Hopewell,
17
8
35840
do.
lime, gravel,
805
1047
220
Henderson,
16
9
42880
do.
clay,
1698
1921
430
-Huntingdon, town,
676
848
Morris,
11
6
27520 mount., valley,
limestone,
533
802
190
Porter,
16
9
17920
do.
alluvial,
1132
220
-Alexandria, town,
10
10
62080
do.
clay,
862
1374
292
Springfield,
11
10
52480 hilly,
do.
751
900
1221
231
Tell,
113
5
28800 mountainous,
limestone,
686
824
171
Tyrone,
10
7
24320
do.
valley,
do.
753
813
214
Union,
18
9
86400
do.
gravel,
706
1078
266
Warriormark,
13
6
20480
do.
limestone,
672
852
284
West Township,
12
6
32000
do.
do.
998
1432
328
-Petersburg, town,
194
188
Woodberry,
21
10
55680 valley,
do.
1107
1765
495
Walker,
7
6
22400
do.
do.
145
Population of balance of county,
21308
14778 15554 27159 5009
The return of the census of the marshal for 1830, is in the above imperfect form. The population of the townships is given only in the cases marked in the table.
Ickesburg, p-t. Saville t-ship, Perry co. in a fork of a tributary of Great Buffalo creek, about 9 ms. N. W. of Broomfield, 126 N. W. from W. C. and 39 from Harrisburg, contains about 20 dwellings, 2 stores, 1 tavern. A Presbyterian church is near it.
Indian creek, Northampton county, a branch of the Hockendocque, with which it unites near Kreider'sville.
Indian run, a small tributary of the Schuylkill river, in Manheim t-ship, Schuylkill county, which flows N. E. along the S. side of the Sharp mtn. There is another stream of this name, which runs into the Schuylkill, from Mine hill, in Schuylkill t-ship.
Indian creek, Montgomery co. rises in Franconia t-ship, and flows S. W. into the N. E. branch of the Perkio- men r. It has a course of about 6 ms.
Indian Town, a small hamlet, cen- trally situated in W. Nantmeal t-ship, Chester co.
Indian creek, East Hanover t-ship, Lebanon co. rises at the foot of the Second mtn. and penetrates the Blue mtn. flowing S. into the Swatara cr. turning several mills in its course.
Indian creek, a considerable tribu- tary of the Youghiogheny river, rising in Westmoreland co. and flowing S. W. through Salt Lick t-ship, Fayette co. having a comparative course of about 15 ms.
Indian run, Blockley t-ship, Phila. co. a tributary of Cobb's creek. It has a course of 3 or 4 ms. and gives motion to several mills and small fac- tories.
Indiana, t-ship, Allegheny county, bounded N. by Deer t-ship, E., S. E. and S. by the Allegheny r. and W. by Ross and Pine t-ships. Centrally distant N. E. from Pittsburg 10 miles. Greatest length 9, breadth 72 miles ; area, 32,000 acres; surface, hilly ; soil, loam. Pop. in 1830, 1777 ; tax- ables 356. Its chief streams are Long run, Deer creek, Squaw run and Pine creek.
Indiana county, was established pro- visionally by the act of 30th March, 1803, and is bounded N. by Jefferson co. E. by Clearfield and Cambria cos. S. and S. W. by Westmoreland co. and N. W. by Armstrong co. Great- est length 33, breadth 23 miles ; area,
757
07
-
Barre,
12
11:
48640 valleys,
1810 1820| 1830
156
280
Shirley,
1370
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770 sq. ms. Central lat. 40° 42' N. ||250, of whom 7197 were white males, long. from W. C. 2º 5' W.
Lying in the great western secon- dary geological formation, the county has the surface common to the greater portion of Penn. The hill table land, originally level, is cut in every direc- tion by the streams which traverse it, and by the ravines made by occasional and temporary floods, and its general character is therefore hilly. Coal and salt are abundant. The former is found in every part of the co. com- monly in shallow veins, from 1 to 31 feet thick. The latter, as yet explor- ed, lies chiefly in the southern part, along or near the Conemaugh river, where many salt works are erected, which have in most cases the benefit of coal for fuel near the mouth of the wells. Iron ore has been found in Mahoning t-ship, in the northern part of the co. and probably in other places, but no iron works have yet been erec- ted.
The soil of the country is loam, va- ried by commixture with sand, gravel and clay ; with these, vegetable mould is blended in the valleys, in various proportions, producing in many places exuberant fertility.
The co. is drained on the N. E. by the head waters of the W. branch of the Susquehannah river ; on the S. by Black Lick creek and its numerous branches, flowing into the Conemaugh at Blairsville ; on the W. by Black- legs creek, also a tributary of that r. and by Crooked, Plumb, and the Big and Little Mahoning creeks, which, traversing Armstrong co. empty into the Allegheny r. The Mahoning and the Conemaugh, we believe, are the only streams that are navigable within the county. The turnpike road from Ebensburg to Kittanning crosses the co. from E. to W. running through the borough of Indiana.
The co. was originally settled by Irish and German emigrants, and is now possessed by their descendants, the majority of whom are from the former source. The pop. in 1810 was 6214, in 1820, 8882, and in 1830, 14,
6947 white females, 41 free black males, 56 free black females, and 6 male and 4 female slaves. There were 222 aliens, 12 deaf and dumb, and 2 blind.
That the inhabitants are religiously and morally disposed, may be satisfac- torily inferred from the fact that there is a church in the co. for every 650 souls. The regular association of Presbyterians has 10, the Seceders 5, Methodists 2, Lutherans 2, Episcopa- lians 1, Catholics 1. A Baptist soci- ety at Indiana, having no church, con- vene in a school house. There are a county Bible and missionary society ; and Sunday schools in neighborhoods whose population is sufficiently dense to admit of their convenient establish- ment. Adequate provision, however, has not yet been made for education. But an academy has been established at the borough of Indiana, which was incorporated in 1814 by an act which granted the sum of $2000 for its use. Classical and mathematical instruction is given here. There are four news- papers published weekly, viz. the In- diana Enquirer, and Free Press, at Indiana borough, and the Blairsville Record, and Conemaugh Republican, at Blairsville.
The county possesses 22 grist mills, 30 saw mills, 14 fulling mills, a wool- len manufactory, in Centre t-ship, and and another in Wheatfield t-ship, both engaged in the manufacture of cloth and kersinettes; and a foundry in Blairsville for casting stoves, &c.
The chief exports are horses, neat cattle, sheep, swine and salt. The manufacture of salt, with the facilities afforded by the coal beds, and the transportation by the river, is gene- rally a profitable business, and is fast increasing.
The assessed value of taxable pro- perty was, in 1829, real estate $886, 080, personal $89,168, rate of levy 4 of a cent on every dollar.
The county contributed to the funds of the state, 1831, for tax on writs, $280; tavern licenses, $328,13; du-
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ties on dealers in foreign mdz. $586,29; of stone, 60 by 25, in which the lan- state maps, $4,75; collateral inherit- ances $14,75 ; hawkers' and pedlars' licenses, $15,20 ; total, $1229,12.
Indiana, Venango, Warren, Arm- strong and Jefferson cos. constitute the 24th senatorial district of the state, sending one member to the senate. Indiana and Jefferson united send one member to the house of representa- tives.
Indiana, Westmoreland and Jeffer- son, form the 17th congressional dis- triet, sending one member to congress. Indiana, Westmoreland, Cambria and Armstrong make the 10th judicial dis- trict, over which John Young, Esq. presides. The courts are holden at Indiana on the 2d Mondays of March, June, September, and December. This co. belongs to the western district of the supreme court, which holds a ses- sion at Pittsburg, on the first Monday in September annually.
The chief towns of the county are Indiana borough, Armagh, Blairsville, Newport, Saltzburg, Strongtown, Ni- cholsburg, Georgeville, Smicksburg, Diamond's Mills, &c.
STATISTICAL TABLE OF INDIANA COUNTY.
Greatest |Area in Population. (Taxa-
Townships, &e.
Lth. Bth.
Acres
1820; 1830.
bles.
Wheatfield,
13
101
78,720 2020
2961
551
Armstrong
71
7
23,120
587
814
161
957
182
Blairsville bor., Blacklick t-ship, Centre, Conemaugh, Greene,
93
8
32,000 1303
1850
391
10
8
46,720 937
1237
289
8
51
23,680 1555
2104
473
12
11
77,440
1130
20
121
133,120 1106
1640
200 297
11
10
48,000 1057
957
265
8
5
18,560
8882 14251 2732
Indiana, p-t. borough and st. jus. Indiana co. lat. 40° 38' N., long. 2º 8' W. from W. C. distant about 157 miles W. of Harrisburg, 26 miles S. E. from Kittanning, and 35 N. E. from Greensburg. It lies on the line be- tween Washington and Centre t-ships, and contains about 60 dwellings, a court house of brick, a prison of stone, commonly untentanted, 8 stores, 5 taverns, 1 Lutheran, 1 Presbyterian, and 1 Seceder church. An academy
guages, and mathematics are taught, incorporated 28th March, 1816, and to which the state gave $2000. The turnpike road from Ebensburg to Kit- tanning runs through the town. The town was laid out on a tract of 250 acres of land, granted for that pur- pose by George Clymer, in 1805.
Independence, p-o. Warren co. 248 miles from W. C. and 231 from Har- risburg.
Ingham, p-o. Susquehannah co. dis- tant 269 miles from W. C. and 156 from Harrisburg.
Intercourse, village of Leacock t- ship, Lancaster co. 3 miles N. of the Phila. turnpike, and 12 E. of Lancas- ter city, 120 from W. C., and 46 from Harrisburg, contains 8 or 10 dwellings, &c.
Irish creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill river, rising in Upper Bern t-ship, Berks co. through which it flows 5 or 6 miles and joins the Schuyl- kill, a short distance below the S. E. corner of the t-ship.
Iron Stone creek, Berks co. rises in Colebrook t-ship, and flowing S. W. in nearly a straight course of about 6 miles, falls into the Manatawny in Douglas t-ship. It turns several val- uable mills in its course.
Irwin, t-ship, Venango co. bounded N. by Sandy Creek t-ship, S. by Mer- cer t-ship, Butler co., E. by Scrub grass t-ship, and W. by Mercer co. Centrally distant S. W. from Frank- lin borough 12 miles. It forms a square of about 7 miles, and is drain- ed on the N. E. by Scrub Grass cr. Area, 31,360 acres ; surface, level ; soil, loam.
Irvine, post-office of Broken Straw t-ship, at the confluence of Irvine's run with the Broken Straw creek, 7 miles W. of Warren, and 322 from W. C. and 247 from Harrisburg.
Island run, a small stream flowing from Bowman's mtn. in North More- land t-ship, Luzerne co. along the N. t-ship line into the Susquehannah r.
Israel's mills post-office, Chester county.
Mahoning, Indiana bor., Washington, Young,
317
433
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Ivy mills, p-o. Delaware co. 122 ms. from W. C. and 83 from. Harris- burg.
Jack's mountain, on the S. W. boundary of Hamilton-ban t-ship, Ad- ams county. Copper and iron are found in it, if iron pyrites have not been mistaken for the former.
Jack's mountain, a ridge of the Al- legheny range, rises in Springfield t-ship, Huntingdon co. and extends 70 miles, through Centre, Mifflin, and Union counties, to Penn's creek, near New Berlin.
Jack's creek, rises at the foot of Jack's mountain on the confines of De- catur t-ship, Mifflin co. and flows S. W. about 20 miles to the Juniata riv- er, about one mile below Lewiston, receiving in its course Bell's run and Meadow run.
Jackstown, post-town of Henderson t-ship, Huntingdon co. 10 miles S. E. of Huntingdon borough, 137 miles N. of W. C. and 79 S. W. from Harris- burg, contains about 10 dwellings and a store. The acqueduct of the Penn- sylvania canal crosses the river here.
Jackson Hall, p-o. of Franklin co. 90 miles N. W. of W. C. and 59 S. E. from Harrisburg.
Jackson, t-ship, Cambria co. bound- ed N. and E. by Cambria t-ship, S. and E. by Somerhill t-ship, and W. by Indiana county. Surface rolling ; soil, clay, loam and limestone; coal abundant. Pop. in 1830, 440 ; taxa- bles, 66 ; value of real estate assessed, 40,751 dollars.
Jackson, t-ship, Susquehannah co. bounded N. by Harmony t-ship, E. by Wayne county, S. by Gibson and Harford t-ships, and W. by New Mil- ford t-ship. Greatest length E. and W. 8 miles, breadth N. and S. 61 ; area, 32,000 acres. It is drained by the Lackawannock creek, by the Tunkhannock, and by the Vanwinkle branch of the latter creek. Mount Ararat, a spur of the Moosic mount, lies on the E. side of the t-ship, is cov- ered with a good soil, and is easy of access. The Belmont and Oquago turnpike road, enters it at the S. E.
angle, and crosses it northwardly, and the Philadelphia and Great Bend turn- pike crosses its S. W. angle. There is a post-office in the t-ship, called Jack- son, 185 miles from Harrisburg. Sur- face hilly ; soil, clay and gravel. Pop. in 1830, 641; taxables in 1828, 101.
Jacksonville, p-t. Lynn t-ship, Le- high co. 18 miles from Northampton, and 74 N. E. by E. from Harrisburg. Jackson, t-ship, Lycoming co. taken from Lycoming t-ship, is bounded N. by Tioga co. E. by Elkland and Hep- burn t-ships, S. by Lycoming t-ship, and W. by Mifflin and Brown t-ships. Centrally distant N. W. of Williams- port 14 miles ; greatest length 14, breadth 12 miles ; area, 70,400 acres. Pop. in 1830, about 430; taxables, 80; surface mountainous ; soil, lime- stone. Lycoming creek forms the E. boundary, and receives from the t-ship Trout Spring, Trout and Hogland's runs. On Trout run there is a post- office, so called, distant 210 miles from W. C. and 101 from Harrisburg. Valuation of taxable property in 1829, seated lands, &c. $8997, unseated $36,218; personal estate, 3453; rate of levy, 75 cts. in the hundred dollars. Jackson, t-ship, Tioga co. bounded N. by the state of New York, E. by Bradford co. S. by Sullivan and Cov- ington t-ships, and W. by Tioga and Lawrence t-ships. It is the extreme N. E. t-ship of the state. Length 11, breadth 8 ms ; area, 44,800 acres. Centrally distant from Wellsborough, 20 miles. Drained on the N. E. by Seely's ereek, and S. W. by Mill cr. There is iron ore on the latter. The surface of the t-ship is hilly ; soil, gravel and loam.
Jackson, t-ship, Lebanon co. bound- ed N. E. by Berks co. S. by Heidel- berg, and W. by Lebanon and Bethel t-ships. Centrally distant E. from the borough of Lebanon, about 7 miles ; greatest length 72, breadth 62 miles ; area, 14,640 acres; surface, level; soil, limestone. Pop. in 1830, 2120 ; taxables, 405. The Tulpchocken cr. and Union canal cross it from W. to E. nearly parallel with the Reading
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and Harrisburg turnpike roads. On || the latter about the centre of the t-ship lies the post-town of Myerstown. The Swatara creek crosses the N. angle of the t-ship.
Jackson, t-ship, Dauphin co. bound- ed N. by Paxton, Mifflin, and Lykens t-ships, S. by Rush, E. by Schuylkill co. and W. by Halifax t-ship. Great- est length 19.miles, breadth 6; area, 40,000 acres ; surface, mountainous ; soil, sandy loam in the valleys, gravel on the hills. Pop. in 1830, 830 ; tax- ables in 1828, 165 ; value of real es- tate in 1832, $128,478. This t-ship has Peter's mountain on the S. and Berry's mountain on the N. with some broken intervening ridges and valleys. Powell's valley, drained by Powell's creek, and Armstrong's valley, wa- tered by Armstrong's creek, are the chief. Anthracite has been found in the intervening ridges.
Jacksonville, North Huntingdon t- ship, Westmoreland county, on the turnpike road from Greensburg to Pittsburg, 11 miles W. of the former, contains 12 dwellings, 1 tavern, and 2 stores.
Jacobsburg, post-town, Bushkill t- ship, Northampton co. on the road from Nazareth to the Wind gap, 11 miles from Easton, contains 1 store, 1 tavern, 5 dwellings, 1 furnace and grist mill belonging to Matthew S. Henry. It is 197 miles distant from W. C. and 104 from Harrisburg.
Jacob's mountain, Pittston t-ship, Lu- zerne co. a continuation of the Wy- oming mountains along the valley of the Lackawannock, connecting the chain with the Moosick mountain. It rises 960 feet from its base. A branch of Spring brook passes through a gap in this mountain, called Spring gap.
Jacob's creek, a tributary of the Youghiogheny river, rises in Donegal and Mount Pleasant t-ships, West- moreland co. and flowing S. W. and W. forms in part, the boundary be- tween that county and Fayette.
Jacobsburg, village of Miles t-ship, Brush valley, Centre co. about 13 ms. N. E. of Bellefonte.
Jamieson's Cross Roads, small vil- lage of Warwick t-ship, Bucks co. near the centre of the t-ship, 5 miles S. E. of Doylestown, contains 6 dwell- ings, a tavern, and a store.
Jarrett'stown, Upper Dublin t-ship, Montgomery co. 10 miles eastward from Norristown, contains 5 or 6 dwellings, and a Quaker meeting.
Jarrett's bridge, Lehigh t-ship, Northampton co. over the Lehigh r. was erected by Henry Jarrett, by le- gislative permission, with authority to collect toll.
Jefferson county, was provisionally erected by act of 26th March, 1804, and is bounded N. by Mckean and Warren, E. by Mckean and Clear- field, S. by Indiana, and W. by Arm- strong and Venango counties. Great- est length 46 miles, mean breadth 26 ; area, 1200 square miles. Central lat. 41º 15' N. long. 2º W. from W. C.
Like the rest of N. Western Penn- sylvania, the country is hilly, and iron and coal are in abundance ; the latter, is in every part of the county. The soil in the valleys is in many places highly fertile, but the great body of the county cannot be rated above sec- ond quality. It is abundantly water- ed, having on the S. Mahoning creek. On the W. Little Sandy Lick creek, and Big Sandy Lick creek, whose branches stretch across the county. Clarion river, or Toby's creek, with its many and large ramifications, in- tersects the northern half of the co. in every direction.
The state road from Kittanning to Hamilton, in the state of New York, runs diagonally across the county from S. W. to N. E. and the turnpike road from Phillipsburg to Franklin, traverses it from S. E. to N. W. passing through the town of Brook- ville ; and a company has lately been incorporated for making a turnpike road from Ridgeway through Warren county, to the state line of New York, in the direction of Jamestown.
There are 3 small villages in the county, including the st. of just. viz.
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Brookville, Punxatawny, and Ridge- way. At the first, which was com- menced in August, 1830, there are about 40 dwellings, 4 taverns, and 4 stores ; at Punxatawny 10 or 15 dwell- ings, 2 taverns, and 1 store, and at Ridgeway, some half dozen dwell- ings, &c. Port Barnet, Centre, Coo- per, and Jefferson, are marked on the map as towns. There is a tavern at the first. The others are mere names.
There are 2 or 3 grist mills only, but more than four times as many saw mills, and the export of the county is lumber solely, unless venison hams be included. Two million of feet of white pine boards, &c. were cut in 1830, and rafted down the Big Mahon- ing, Red Bank, or Salt Lick creek, and Clarion river, to the Allegheny r. and thence to Pittsburg and other towns on the Ohio.
The population is composed of Ger- mans, some English and some settlers from New York, and consisted by the census of 1830, of 2025. That there is room for great increase is obvious, when we observe that this population might be comfortably supported on 2000 acres, whilst 766,000 acres are unsettled. There are several sects of Christians in these wilds, chiefly Pres- byterians, Seceders and Methodists. But there is not a church in the county.
Venango, Warren, Armstrong, In- diana and Jefferson, form the 24th scnatorial district of the state, sending one member to the senate. Indiana and Jefferson, united, send one member to the house of representatives. Jef- ferson belongs to the 4th Judicial dis- trict, and to the western district of the supreme court, and connected with Westmoreland and Indiana, constitutes the 17th congressional district.
This county paid into the state treas- ury in 1831 for,
Tax on writs $35 ; for tavern li- censes $33,44 ; for duties on dealers in foreign mdz. $31,69; total $10,013; value of taxable property in 1829, real est. $509,801; of pers. est. $14,777 ; rate of levy 7g mills on the dollar.
Unimproved lands are offered for
sale in this county at from 150, to 200 cts. per acre.
STATISTICAL TABLE OF JEFFERSON CO.
Greatest) Area in Population. (Taxa
Townships, &c.
Aeres.
1820
1830
bles.
Perry,
11
9
49,280
205
2025
86
Pine creek,
15
19
85,760
356
in the
49
Rose,
39
12
289,520
whole
115
Ridgeway,
23
17
262,040
co.
26
Young,
9
9 | 51,840|
70
The population has not been classed by t-ships in 1830
We cannot vouch for the correct- ness of the boundaries and the con- tents of the t-ships of this co. They are very thinly inhabited, and in many parts little explored, and the informa- tion we obtained from residents is not very satisfactory ; Perry and Pine creek, were the only t-ships in 1820.
Jefferson, p-t. Codorus t-ship, York co. near the W. boundary and a branch of Codorus creek, 12 miles S. W. of the borough of York.
Jefferson, t-ship, Greene co. bound- cd N. by 10 Mile creek, E. by the Monongahela river, S. by Cumber- land t-ship, and W. by Franklin t- ship. Centrally distant E. from Waynesburg 8 miles ; greatest length 10; breadth 3 miles; area 14,080 acres ; surface, rolling; soil, loam. Pop. in 1830, 1292; taxables 232. The post town of Jefferson is situated on the creek, about 4 miles from its mouth, 215 N. W. from W. C., and 214 S. W. from Harrisburg.
Jefferson, p-t. & bor, Jefferson t-ship, Greene co. (See preceding article). The town is surrounded by beautiful scenery, and contains about 100 dwellings, and 500 inhabitants, 5 stores and 3 taverns. It was incor- porated by act 14th April, 1827, and includes what was formerly known as the town of Hamilton.
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Jefferson, t-ship, Allegheny co. late- ly taken from Deer t-ship. Pop. in 1830, 1425 ; taxables 307.
Jeffersonville, p-t. Norristown t-ship, Montgomery co. on the turnpike road from Norristown to Reading, 3 miles N. of the former, 145 from W. C. and 87 from Harrisburg, contains some 6 or 8 dwellings, 1 tavern, and a 'store.
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Jeffriestown, Fayette t-ship, Alle- gheny co. on Mouture's run, about 2 miles N. of the turnpike road leading to Steubenville, 12 miles W. of Pitts- burg. A small collection of houses.
Jenkintown, a post-town and village of Montgomery county, on the Chelt- enham and Willow Grove turnpike road, 10 miles from the city of Phila- delphia, and about 15 miles from Nor- ristown, 146 from W. C. and 10S from Harrisburg. It is pleasantly situated in an agreeable and fertile country, and contains about 30 dwell- ings, 2 stores, 2 taverns. The Ab- ington Quaker meeting is at a short distance from the village. The coun- try around is well cultivated and pro- ductive ; the limestone range of the county lies a mile or two west of the town.
Jennerville, post-village, central- ly situated in Penn t-ship, Chester county, 36 miles S. W. from Phila- delphia, and 16 miles from West Ches- ter, 96 miles N. of W. C. and 65 from Harrisburg, contains 4 or 5 dwellings, a tavern, and store.
Jenner, t-ship, Somerset county, bounded N. by Conemaugh t-ship, E. by Shade and Quemahoning, S. by Somerset t-ship, and W. by West- moreland co. Centrally distant N. W. of Somerset borough 12 miles ; greatest length 10, breadth 8 miles ; area, 48,800 acres ; surface, rolling ; soil, reddish clay. Pop. in 1830, 1167 ; taxables, 208 ; taxable prop- erty in 1829, real estate, $74,238; personal, including occupations, $6200; rate of tax, 5 mills on the dollar. Bituminous coal is found in several parts of the t-ship, and iron ore on Beaver Dam run. The turn- pike road from Bedford to Greensburg, runs through it, on which lies the p-t. of Jennerville, in the fork of Beaver Dam run, about 10 miles N. of Som- erset borough. It contains 10 or 12 houses, store and tavern.
Jennerville, (see preceding article.)
Jersey town, post-town, Madison t- ship, Columbia co, near the middle of the southern boundary, 7 miles N. E.
of Danville, 198 from W. C. and 89 from Harrisburg, contains 2 taverns and 1 store, and an Episcopal church, and between 20 and 30 dwellings.
Jersey shore, borough and p-t. of Mifflin t-ship, Lycoming co. on the left bank of W. branch of Susquehannah r. about 15 miles W. of Williamsport. It contains between 5 and 600 inhab- itants and 102 taxables, and about 100 dwellings, 6 stores, 5 taverns, and a Methodist church. It is 211 miles N. W. from W. C. and 102 from Harris- burg. It was incorporated by act of assembly 15th March, 1826.
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