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Lackawaxen r. flows through the middle of the co., in a deep valley, which no where exceeds a half mile in width, and its margins are alluvial, fertile flats. It unites the waters of
the greatest part of the co .; the prin- cipal tributaries are, the Dyberry,flow- ing through a valley similar to that of the Laxawaxen ; the west branch, which drains a like valley,is deemed the main stream, and which, uniting with the Dyberry, forms the true Lacka- waxen. Middle creek enters this r. near the south eastern line of the co., and the Waullenpaupack on the county line ; both are of considerable magni- tude. The channel of the former is rocky, and its course rapid. The lat- ter has a broad alluvial flat extending its whole length, and a high cataract, over which it is precipitated with great violence into the Lackawaxen.
From the head of the Waullenpan- pack flats, the creek, after a previous rapid course, flows in a sinuous chan- nel, for a distance of 15 ms. with scarcely any perceptible motion. At the head of the falls the bed is sudden- ly sunk and forms a chasm, into which the water pours down a depth of 70 feet, and thence rushing furi- ously through a deep and rocky chan- nel, it dashes over three successive cataracts within a distance of a mile and a half of the mouth of the creek ; producing a total fall in that distance of 150 feet. The width of the creek above the falls is 70 feet. At the up- per fall there are two saw and 1 grist mills ; a short distance above which a wooden bridge crosses and connects the route of the Milford and Owego turnpike. The remains of Wilson- ville, the ancient seat of justice of Wayne co. are near this place, but local policy has transferred the scene of public business elsewhere, and the creek is now the common boundary of Wayne and Pike counties.
The Lackawaxen canal, construct- ed by the Delaware and Hudson ca- nal company, extends from Honesdale down by the eastern and northern side of the Lackawaxen r. to its mouth. (See description of canal.)
Six turnpike roads, completed and in good condition, run through this co. The Coshocton and Great Bend turn- pike commences at the village of Da-
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mascus on the Del. r. at the termina- tion of the turnpike from Newburg to Coshocton. At this place there is a substantial bridge across the r., 550 feet in length ; thence the road passes through the t-ships of Damascus, Le- banon and Mount Pleasant, and ex- tends to the great bend of the Sus- quehannah. The company for its formation was incorporated 29th March, 1804.
The Milford and Owego turnpike road commences at Milford, in Pike co., and enters Wayne at Wilson- ville, whence it passes through the t- ships of Palmyra, Dyberry and Ca- naan, by Clarkesville to Rix's gap, and by Montrose, in Susquehannah co., to Owego in the state of N. Y. Company incorporated June 26, 1807. State subscription $31,000, half the capital.
The Bethany and Dingman's choice turnpike road commences at Centre- ville in Mount Pleasant t-ship, and extends through the borough of Be- thany, and the t-ships of Dyberry and Palmyra, to its intersection with the Milford and Owego turnpike in Pike co. Company incorporated April 2, 1811 ; state subscription, $8000.
The Belmont and Easton turnpike road commences at Belmont, in Mount Pleasant t-ship, and passes through the t-ships of Canaan, and Salem and Sterling to the south line of Wayne co., and thence to the Easton and Wilkesbarre t-pike in Northampton co. Company incorporated March 13, 1812 ; state subscription, $17,500.
The Belmont and Oghquaga turn- pike road commences at Belmont, and extends in a notherly direction, cross- ing the W. line of the co., in Preston t-ship, and thence continues in a di- rection to Oghquaga in the state of N. Y. Company incorporated Feb. 26, 1817 ; state subscription. $5000.
The Luzerne and Wayne co. turn- pike road commences in the former co. and enters the latter near Salem corners, whence passing through Sa- lem and Palmyra t-ships, it continues
to its intersection with the Milford and Owego turnpike in Pike co. Compa- ny incorporated Feb. 24, 1820. Au- thority has been given by act of 31st March, 1823, for making the Ararat turnpike road in Wayne and Susque- hannah counties ; Jan. 24, 1824, the Mount Pleasant road in Wayne ; 17th Jan., 1828, the Lackawaxen road in Wayne; 3d April, 1829, the Wilson- ville and Lackawaxen road in Wayne; 2d April, 1830, the Honesdale and Clarkesville ; 17th Jan., 1831, the Honesdale and Germanville; 30th March, of the same year, the Hones- dale and Big Eddy roads, also in Wayne ; 2d March, 1831, the Cher- ry ridge and Lackawanna, in Luzerne and Wayne; 14th March, the Dun- daff and Honesdale, in Susquehan- nah and Wayne, and 25th March, the Bethany and Honesdale roads in Wayne co. Many of these owe their inception to the improvements of the Delaware and Hudson company, and are made with a view to obtain the advantages of their canal.
From Honesdale a rail road ex- tends up the valley of the W. branch of the Lackawaxen, and crossing the river near the mouth of Vanorba brook, continues in a western direc- tion through Canaan t-ship, and across the Moosic mtn., at Rix's gap, to Car- bondale ; being 16 ms. in length ; overcoming an elevation of 1812 feet, by 8 inclined planes ; one of which is near the mouth of Vanorba; two on the eastern and five on the western side of the mtn. At the head of each inclined plane, is erected a stationary steam engine, for the purpose of as- sisting the wagons in their ascent and descent.
The chief towns are Bethany, the seat of justice for the co., Honesdale, Centreville, Damascus, Clarkesville, Salem Corners, &c.
Anthracite coal is found on the sources of the Lackawanna in this co., but it has been most fully developed on the W. of the Moosie mtn. Clay iron ore has also been discovered, near Belmont, in nodules and amorphous
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masses. Some of those nodules ex- hibit only a shell filled with a dark blueish liquid, of the consistence of paint, or with a compact substance of the same color, of different degrees of hardness, but always capable of being cut with a knife. A specimen of this ore yielded 33 per cent. of metallic iron.
The public buildings of this sparse- settled co., are a court house and fire proof offices of brick ; an academy es- tablished and incorporated under an act of assembly, 4th March, 1813, to which the commonwealthi made a do- nation of $1000. All of which are in the county town of Bethany.
Wayne, with Northampton, Lc- high and Pike counties, forms the 12th senatorial district ; and, joined with Northampton and Pike, sends four members to the house of representa- tives. Bucks, Northampton, Wayne and Pike, form the 8th congressional district of the state. Luzerne, Pike and Wayne, compose the 11th judicial district. Courts are held at Bethany on the 4th Mondays of Jan., April, August and Nov. President, David Scott, Esq.
By the assessment of 1829, the tax- able property of the co. was valued at, real estate, including seated and un- seated lands, $1,200,894 ; personal estate, including occupations, $99,069.
STATISTICAL TABLE OF WAYNE CO.
Townships, &c.
Greatest Lth.
Bth.
Population in |Tax -. 1820, 1830, ables
Buckingham,
1] 1-2 11 1-2
385
179
40
Bethany borough,
1. :
327
59
Canaan,
19
8
520
1134
187
Damascus,
366
613
128
Dyberry,
733
1078
232
Honesdale village,
433
Lebanon,
6 1-2
6
145
285
58
Mount Pleasant,
12
6 1-2
874
1258
927
Palmyra,
215
404
76
Salem,
9
8
306
593
117
Sterling,
10
7
384
495
84
Preston,
12
10 1-2
216
44
Manchester,
183
49
Berlin,
175
37
4127
7663
1381
The county paid into the state treasury in 1831, for Tax on writs, $174 42
Tavern licenses, 39 80
Duties on dealers in foreign merchandize, 180 89
Tin and clock pedlars' li-
censes, 114 Hawkers' and pedlars' li-
censes,
7 60
$516 71
Wayne, t-ship, Greene co., bounded N. by Aleppo, Centre and Franklin t-ships, E. by Whitely t-ship, S. by the state of Virginia, and W. by Alep- po. Centrally distant from Waynes- burg S. W. 15 ms .; greatest length 11, breadth 10 ms .; area, 34,560 acres ; surface, hilly ; soil, loam. Pop. in 1830, 1130; taxables, 187. The t-ship is drained by Dunkard's creek, which flows along its S. boundary, and by several small tributaries of that stream.
Wayne, t-ship, Armstrong county, bounded N. by Mahoning creek, which divides it from Red Bank t-ship, E. by Indiana co., S. by Plumb Creek t-ship, and W. by Kittanning t-ship. Centrally distant N. E. from Kittan- ning borough 11 ms. ; greatest length 11, breadth 7₺ ms .; area, 40,000 acres ; surface, undulating ; soil, loam. Pop. in 1830, 878; taxables, 153. Cowanshannock and Pine creeks flow W. through the t-ship, and Plumb cr. crosses thè S. E. boundary.
Wayne, t-ship, Mifflin co., bounded N. E. by Derry and Milford t-ships, S. E. by Lack t-ship, and by the Juni- ata r., which also bounds it on the S. and S. W., separating it from Hun- tingdon co., N. W. by Jack's mtn. which divides it from that co. and from Union t-ship. Part of the S. E. boundary runs through Sugar Valley. The Juniata r. running N. W., divides the t-ship into two unequal parts. On the E. side, nearly parallel with the r., runs Blue ridge. On the W., be- tween the r. and Limestone ridge, is the Juniata valley, and between Lime- stone ridge and Jack's mtn. are Long Hollow, and Ferguson's valley. The t-pike road from Lewistown to Hun- [tingdon runs S. W. through the t-ship.
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On the road, and on the W. bank of peral coal. The town was incorpora- the river, and on the state canal, lies the p-t. of Waynesburg. Hamilton- ville lies in the south part of the t- ship.
Wayne, t-ship, Lycoming co., boun- ded N. W. and N. by the W. branch of the Susquehannah r., E. by Nip- penose t-ship, S. by Centre co., and S. W. by Bald Eagle t-ship. Cen- trally distant S. W. from Williamsport 17 ms .; greatest length 11 miles, breadth 83 ms. ; arca, 39,680 acres ; surface, mountainous ; soil, limestone. Pop. in 1830, about 350; taxables, 63; value of taxable property in 1829, seated lands, &c., $9971 ; un- seated lands, $11,401 ; rate of levy, ¿ of one per cent. Nippenose, or Oval Limestone valley lies partly in this t-ship, in which many streams rise but lose themselves in the fissures of the limestone rock.
Wayne, t-ship, Erie co., bounded N. by Concord t-ship, E. by Warren co., S. by Crawford co., and W. by Union ; it is the extreme S. E. t-ship of the co. Centrally distant from Erie, 25 miles; greatest length 7, breadth 5 ms. ; area, 22,500 acres ; surface, hilly ; soil, gravelly loam. Pop. in 1830, 197; taxables, 44. Drained W. by the S. branch of French creek, S. E. by a tributary of Frampton's branch of Broken Straw creek.
Wayne, t-ship, Crawford co., in the S. E. angle of the co. The t-pike road from Franklin to Meadville runs diagonally N. W. across it. Sugar lake, a small sheet of water about a mile in circumference, lies in it, and is the source of a branch of Sugar cr. Sugar Creek and Sugar Lake are the names of p-offices in the t-ship. Pop. in 1830, 250.
Waynesburg, p-t., borough, and seat of justice of Greene co., in Frank- lin t-ship, within 1 mile of the centre of the co., situated in a beautiful val- ley near the N. bank of Ten Mile creek, about 12 ms. from its mouth. It is surrounded by a rich soil, abun- dance of timber, excellent stone for building, and great quantities of min-
ted by act of assembly, 29th January, 1816. It contains about 80 dwellings, many of them of brick and dressed stone. Three houses for public wor- ship, one of brick, another of stone, and a third of wood. The court house is a handsome brick structure, the gaol is of stone. There are. 1 brewery, 4 tanneries, 9 stores, and 3 taverns ; and an excellent school, in which the classics and mathematics arc taught.
Waynesburg, p-t. and village of Honcybrooke t-ship, Chester co., on the Downingstown and Harrisburg t-pike road, 38 ms. N. W. of Phila- delphia, and 16 from West Chester, 13 W. of Downingstown, contains 32 dwelling houses, 4 of which are brick, a Methodist meeting house, 2 taverns, 2 stores, I physician, and 200 inhab- itants. The p-o. here is called Hon- eybrooke, and is 131 ms. from W. C., and 56 from Harrisburg. This town is the birth place of Gen. Anthony Wayne.
Waynesburg, p-t. and borough of Washington t-ship, Franklin co., on the t-pike road leading to Green Cas- tle and Mercersburg, 15 ms. S. E. from Chambersburg, 79 N. W. from W. C., and 56 S. W. from Harris- burg ; contains from 140 to 150 dwel- lings, chiefly of stone, 2 churches, 1 pertaining to the Presbyterians and Lutherans, the other to the German Reformed. There are about 850 in- habitants. The surrounding country is limestone, well cultivated and pro- ductive; the town was incorporated 21st December, 1818.
Waynesburg, t., Wayne t-ship, Mifflin co., on the W. bank of the Juniata r., on the state canal, and on the t-pike road leading from Lewis- town to Huntingdon, in the Juniata valley, and 11 ms. S. W. of Lewis- town; contains 25 or 30 dwellings, 1 Presbyterian church, 5 stores, 5 tav- erns, and 1 grist mill.
Weaverstown, of Berks co., on the Įroad from Reading to Manatawny cr., about 9 ms. from the former ; contains "about 20 dwellings, store and tavern ;
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and near it is a church, common to the German Lutherans, and Presbyte- rians.
Weaversburg, Allen t-ship, North- ampton co., 16 ms. from Easton, on the road from Allentown to Bath, con- tains about 6 dwellings, 1 mill, 1 tan- nery and 1 store.
Webster's store, p-o., Lancaster co., 86 ms. N. W. from W. C., and 54 S. W. from Harrisburg.
Weigelstown, Dover t-ship, York co., on the road from York borough to Ross town, about 5 ms. N. W. of the former.
Weisport, a small village, North- ampton co., on the Lehigh canal, and in Lehigh t-ship, near the site of old fort Allen.
Weissenburg, t-ship, Lehigh county, bounded on the N. E. by Lowhill, on the S. E. by Macungy, on the S. W. by Berks co., and N. W. by Linn. Greatest length about 62 ms., greatest width about 5g ms. ; area, about 21, 120 acres. It is watered by Jordan creek and its tributaries, Willow run and Linn run, and intersected by many roads. The centre of the t-ship is about 12 ms. from Northamp- ton ; a church is located in the forks of Willow run, and there is another in the t-ship. The surface is hilly and broken, and the soil gravelly. Pop. in 1830, 1285 ; taxables in 1828, 260; value of taxable property in 1829, real estate, $174,728; person- al, $10,804; rate of levy, 13 cts. on the $100 ; assessed value of land per acre, $18, 12, 7, according to quality. There are here 6 grist mills, 3 saw mills, 2 stores, 3 taverns, 6 school- houses, and a p-o., called after the t-ship, distant 180 ms. from W. C., and 72 from Harrisburg.
Wells, t-ship, Bradford co., bound- ed N. by the state of N. Y., E. by Ridgebury t-ship, S. by Columbia t- ship, and W. by Tioga co. Central- ly distant from Towanda N. W. 24 ms .; greatest length 7, breadth 7 ms .; area, 30,720 acres; surface, hilly ; soil, gravelly loam. Pop. 1830, 752; taxables, 130. The t-ship is draincd
by South creek and its tributaries, and by a branch of Seely creek, all of which flow northerly into the Tio- ga r. in the state of N. Y.
Wells valley, Hopewell t-ship, Bed- ford co., between Harbor mtn. and Broad mtn. It is drained by Wells creek, which flows W. to the Rays- town branch of the Juniata.
Wellsborough, p-t., borough and seat of justice of Tioga co , is located in the territorial centre of the co., on Crooked creek, 3 ms. from the navigable waters of Pine creek, and at the intersection of the E. and W. state road leading through all the counties in the northern range, and the N. and S. state road leading from Newberry to the 109 mile stone on the state line ; about 50 ms. a little W. of N. from Williamsport, 253 from W. C., and 147 from Harris- burg. The village contains about 50 indifferent dwelling houses, a court house and jail of no very respectable appearance, 4 stores, 2 taverns, 2 smith shops, 2 tanyards, 1 printing of- fice, from which is issued a weekly paper, 2 shoemaker shops, and, fortu- nately, but one distillery. An acad- emy, endowed by the legislature in 1817, with $2000, and a school for small children, both of which are re- spectably supported. In the former, the usual branches of an academical course are successfully taught, and pupils from a distance may obtain boarding in respectable private fami- lies at very moderate rates. This t. has not increased so rapidly, as from its favorable situation, in the heart of a first rate beech and maple country, might have been expected, owing, chiefly, to an unfortunate dispute re- specting the location of the seat of justice. But this question being now considered settled, those interested in its welfare look forward to carly and valuable improvements. The town was incorporated by the act of 16th March, 1830.
Welsh mountain, a considerable eminence which rises in Lancaster co. and extends along the northern boun-
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dary of Chester, being in length about 12 ms. It lies about 16 ms. N. W. of West Chester, and about 13 ms. S. of Reading.
Welsh run, a tributary of the west branch of the Conecocheague creek, Montgomery t-ship, Franklin co. It gives name to a p-o. of that t-ship, distant 82 ms. N. W. from W. C., and 64 S. E. from Harrisburg.
Wepassening creek, Bradford co., rises in Choconut t-ship, Susquehan- nah co., and flows S. W. through Warren t-ship, Bradford co., thence bending N. W. it runs through Wind- ham t-ship, to unite with the Susque- hannah r., in the state of N. Y., re- ceiving in its course of 15 ms. through those t-ships, several considerable streams.
Werefordsburg, Bethel t-ship, Bed- ford co., on the Great Conoloway creek, within 2 ms. of the S. line of the state, and 23 ms. S. W. from the borough of Bedford, contains a dozen dwellings, 1 store and 1 tavern.
Wesleyville, small village of Mill Creek t-ship, Erie co., about 3 ms. N. E. of the borough of Eric.
West Chester, p-t. and seat of jus- tice of Chester co., is situated on the dividing ridge between the waters of Chester creek and the Brandywine, 2 ms. E. of the latter stream, 5 ms. S. of the Great Limestone valley, and Lancaster and Phil. turnpike road, and 23 from Phil., 115 N. from W. C., and 75 S. E. from Harrisburg. The Strasburg road passes through it west- ward, intersected by one from the Great Valley to Wilmington. The place was formerly called the Turk's head, from the sign of the only tav- ern here. The town owes its exist- ence to the removal of the seat of jus- tice to the site, from Old Chester, by virtue of an act passed 22d March, 1784, obtained principally by the ex- ertions of Col. Hannum, an active member of the assembly of that peri- od, who dwelt here. It was erected into a borough in the year 1799, whose boundaries embrace an arca of one mile and a quarter square, taken whol-
ly from the t-ship of Goshen, having the t-ship of East Bradford for its western limit. In the year 1800, the inhabitants amounted to 374 ; in 1810, to 471 ; in 1820, to 552; in 1830, to 125%, and in December, 1831, the pop. was about 1500; voters, about 250. The original plan of the town consisted of 4 contiguous squares, with 2 principal sts. crossing in the centre. In 1829, several streets were opened, and new squares formed on the S. W. side of the primitive squares, by Wil- liam Everhart, Esq. There are 234 dwelling houses within the borough limits, of which 200 are in the village, and the residue on the adjacent farms. The assessed value of the borough in 1831, was, LANDS, including 11 small farms with town lots, $167,618; buildings, subject to taxation, $167, 974; horses, 118 in number, $4970; cows and working oxen, 124 in num- ber, $1860 ; occupations and profes- sions, taxed, $59,800; stocks, bonds, mortgages, &c. yielding dividends or interest, $530,287; total, $932,509. The number of taxable inhabitants is, males, 293; females, 32 ; total, 325 ; of the male taxables 7 are blacks, be- ing housekeepers. The public build- ings in the borough are, the court house and prison, finished in 1786 ; the county offices, built in 1791; mar- ket houses, old one built in 1802, new one, 100 ft. long, built in 1831; an academy, built and incorporated in . 1812; Roman Catholic chapel, built in 1793; Methodist Episcopal church, built in 1816; 2 Quaker meeting houses, 1 built in 1812, the other in 1830. The institutions of a public character are the p-o. established in 1802; bank of Chester co., with a capital paid in of $90,000, chartered in 1814; library founded in 1814; cabinet of natural science, founded in 1826, incorporated 1831 ; atheneum, founded and incorporated 1827; fe- male boarding school, established in 1830; six day schools of various grades and dates ; 2 fire companies, 1 established in the year 1800, the other in 1818 ; one volunteer corps of
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infantry, formed 1830. Four weekly newspapers, viz .: the American Repub- lican, commenced at Downingstown, 1808, transferred to West Chester, 1822; Village Record, commenced 1809 ; National Republican Advocate, commenced 1828 ; Anti-Masonic Re- gister and Examiner, commenced 1829. The- literary institutions of this town are highly creditable to its inhabitants, and form exemplars for other county towns of the state, which, we are pleased to see, have been in part copied by Norristown and Doyles- town. Among the occupations and establishments in the borough may be enumerated the following, viz. : 5 male teachers, 8 female do., 2 clergy- men, 1 president judge, 20 attorneys at law, 1 conveyancer, 2 notaries, 5 justices of the peace, 4 physicians, 2 apothecaries, 4 confectioners, 1 brew- ery, 2 bakers, 2 butchers, 15 stores of dry goods, groceries and hardware, 8 taverns and a splendid new hotel, 2 oyster and beer houses, 1 tobacconist, 1 pottery, 1 tannery, 2 curriers' shops, 4 printing offices, 8 tailors, 6 boot and shoemakers, 2 hatters, 3 saddlers, 2 coach makers, 2 wheel wrights, 4 black smiths, 2 copper do. and tin plate workers, 1 silver plater, 1 gun smith, 1 lock smith, 3 cabinet makers, 2 chair makers, 2 cedar coopers, 5 masons and bricklayers, 2 plasterers, 7 carpenters, 3 painters, glaziers and paper hangers, 3 watch makers, 2 weavers, 3 brick kilns, 2 lumber and coal yards. The side walks of the streets were first paved with bricks in the year 1823. The two principal streets were macadamized in the years 1829 and 1830.
One daily line of mail stages passes through the borough, between Phil. and Lancaster ; one tri-weekly mail stage runs the same way between Phil. and Baltimore, and two daily lines of stages run between West Chester and Phil. The mail is also carried on horseback daily, between West Chester and Downingstown, and weekly between West Chester and Wilmington, Elkton, Chester and 30
Norristown. The improvements in the borough and surrounding country, have been such, that the enterprizing citizens of the county have construct- ed a rail way from the town to inter- sect the state rail road between Phil. and Columbia at the Warren tavern.
The zealous and enlightened editor of the Village Record exclaims, " What is to prevent the town from growing to four times its present size ? In a high and healthy situation, sur- rounded by the richest and best culti- vated lands-an extensive market for cattle-the county town of one of the most wealthy and populous counties in the state-provisions plenty and cheap,-why should it not become a place for manufacturing-especially for all those manufactures that do not demand water power to drive them. Besides, from the liberal and praise- worthy enterprize of Wm. Everhart, Esq., town lots beautifully and eligi- bly situated, may now be obtained on moderate terms. Where can capital- ists invest their money more advanta- geously than by purchasing lots and building hore ?"
West town, t-ship, Chester county, bounded N. by E. and W. Goshen, E. by Willistown t-ships, S. by Thorn- bury t-ship of Del., and Thornbury of Chester counties, and W. by E. Brad- ford. Central distance N. W. from Phil., about 20 ms. ; from West Ches- ter, about 3 ms. S. E. ; length 52, breadth 1} ms. ; area, 5550 acres ; surface level ; soil, sandy loam. Pop. 1830, 741; taxables, 1828, 136. It is drained by Chester creek. The no- ted boarding schools pertaining to the society of Friends, for males and fe- males, are established here. There are 2 places of public worship in the t-ship.
West Grove, p.o., Chester co., 96 ms. N. of W. C., and 71 S. E. from Harrisburg.
West Philadelphia, p-t., Phil. co., immediately W. of the Schuylkill r., opposite to the city and extending chief- ly along the Lancaster turnpike road. There are some 30 or 40 buildings here, and several stores and taverns.
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West, t-ship, Huntingdon county, bounded N. by Tussey's mountain, E. by Barre t-ship, S. E. by Mifflin co., S. by Henderson t-ship, and W. by Porter t-ship. Centrally distant N. from the borough of Huntingdon 8 ms. Greatest length 12, breadth 6 miles ; area, 32,000 acres ; surface mountain- ous ; soil, limestone in valleys. Pop. in 1830, 1,650 ; taxables 328. War- rior ridge crosses the t-ship about the middle, and Stone mtn. is on the S.E. boundary. Standing Stone creek runs through the t-ship S. W. and east of Warrior's ridge, near which on the S. boundary is a warm spring. The post t. of Petersburg is on the N. side of the Frankstown branch of the Jun- iata river at the confluence of Shaver's creek with that stream. The post office is called " Shaver's Creek," dis- tant 152 miles from W. C., and 88 from Harrisburg. There were in the t-ship in 1828, 5 grist mills, 10 saw- mills, 7 distilleries, 2 forges, and one tanyard.
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