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Unity township, including West Latrobe village and part of

Pleasant Unity village,

5,494

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(k) Part taken to form Factoryville borough since 1880.
(1) Organized since 1880 from part of Clinton township.
(m) Organized since 1880 from part of Hopewell township.
(n) Organized since 1880 from part of Manchester township.
(0) Organized since 1880 from part of Fawn township.
(p) Part taken to form Fawn Grove borough since 1880.

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(q) Parts taken to form East and North Hopewell townships since 1880. (r) Part taken to form Spring Grove borough since 1880.

(s) Part taken to form East Manchester township since 1880.
(t) Organized since 1880 from part of Jackson township.
(m) Organized since 1880 from part of Hopewell township.

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Organization of Territories and Admission of States into the Union.

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Reduced from 100 to 70 square miles by recession of part to Virginia in 1846.

ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA.

1. Adams, January 22, 1800, formed of a part of York.

2. Allegheny, September 24, 1788, formed of a part of Westmoreland and Washington.

3. Armstrong, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Lycoming.

4. Beaver, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny and Washington. 5. Bedford, March 9, 1771, formed of a part of Cumberland.

6. Berks, March 11, 1752, formed of a part of Philadelphia, Bucks and

Lancaster.

7. Blair, February 26, 1846, formed of a part of Huntingdon and Bedford. 8. Bradford, February 21, 1810, formed of a part of Luzerne and Lycoming.*

9. Bucks, one of the original counties of the Province.†

10. Butler, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny.

11. Cambria, March 26, 1804, formed of a part of Huntingdon, Somerset and Bedford.

12. Cameron, March 29, 1860, formed of a part of Clinton, Elk, McKean and Potter.

13. Carbon, March 13, 1843, formed of a part of Northampton and Monroe. 14. Centre, February 13, 1800, formed of a part of Mifflin, Northumberland, Lycoming and Huntingdon.

15. Chester, one of the original counties established at the first settlement of the Province.

16. Clarion, March 11, 1839, formed of a part of Venango and Armstrong. 17. Clearfield, March 26, 1804, formed of a part of Lycoming and Northumberland.

18. Clinton, June 21, 1839, formed of a part of Lycoming and Centre.

19. Columbia, March 22, 1813, formed of a part of Northumberland. 20. Crawford, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny.

21. Cumberland, January 27, 1750, formed of a part of Lancaster.

22. Dauphin, March 4, 1785, formed of a part of Lancaster.

23. Delaware, September 26, 1789, formed of a part of Chester.

24. Elk, April 18, 1843, formed of a part of Jefferson, Clearfield and McKean.

25. Erie, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny.

26. Fayette, September 26, 1783, formed of a part of Westmoreland.

27. Forest, April 11, 1848, formed of a part of Jefferson and Venango.$ 28. Franklin, September 9, 1784, formed of a part of Cumberland.

29. Fulton, April 19, 1850, formed of a part of Bedford.

Previous to March 24, 1812, this county was called Ontario, but its name was changed to Bradford on that day.

Bucks county was one of the three original counties established at the first settlement of the Province of Pennsylvania; the other two being Philadelphia and Chester. See votes of the Assembly, Vol. I.

*Part of Venango added by act approved October 31, 1866.

30. Greene, February 9, 1796, formed of a part of Washington.

31. Huntingdon, September 20, 1787, formed of a part of Bedford.

32. Indiana, March 30, 1803, formed of a part of Westmoreland and Lycom

ing.

33. Jefferson, March 26, 1804, formed of a part of Lycoming.

34. Juniata, March 2, 1831, formed of a part of Mifflin.

35. Lackawanna, August 13, 1878, formed of a part of Luzerne.

36. Lancaster, May 10, 1729, formed of a part of Chester.

37. Lawrence, March 20, 1849, formed of a part of Beaver and Mercer.

38. Lebanon, February 16, 1813, formed of a part of Dauphin and Lancaster.

39. Lehigh, March 6, 1812, formed of a part of Northampton.

40. Luzerne, September 25, 1786, formed of a part of Northumberland. 41. Lycoming, April 13, 1795, formed of a part of Northumberland.

42. McKean, March 26, 1804, formed of a part of Lycoming.

43. Mercer, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny.

44. Mifflin, September 19, 1789, formed of a part of Cumberland and North

umberland.

45. Monroe, April 1, 1836, formed of a part of Northampton and Pike. 46. Montgomery, September 10, 1784, formed of a part of Philadelphia. 47. Montour, May 3, 1850, formed of a part of Columbia.

48. Northampton, March 11, 1752, formed of a part of Bucks.

49. Northumberland, March 27, 1772, formed of parts of Lancaster, Cumberland, Berks, Bedford and Northampton.

50. Perry, March 22, 1820, formed of a part of Cumberland.

51. Philadelphia, one of the three original counties established at the first settlement of the Province.

52. Pike, March 26, 1814, formed of a part of Wayne.

53. Potter, March 26, 1804, formed of a part of Lycoming.

54. Schuylkill, March 11, 1811, formed of a part of Berks and Northampton.

55. Snyder, March 2, 1855, formed of a part of Union.

56. Somerset, April 17, 1795, formed of a part of Bedford.

57. Sullivan, March 15, 1847, formed of a part of Lycoming.

58. Susquehanna, February 21, 1810, formed of a part of Luzerne.

59. Tioga, March 26, 1804, formed of a part of Lycoming.

60. Union, March 22, 1813, formed of a part of Northumberland.

61. Venango, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny and Lycoming. 62. Warren, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny and Lycoming. 63. Wayne, March 21, 1798, formed of a part of Northampton.

64. Washington, March 28, 1781, formed of a part of Westmoreland. 65. Westmoreland, February 26, 1773, formed of a part of Bedford and, in 1785, part of the purchase of 1784 was added thereto.

66. Wyoming, April 4, 1842, formed of a part of Luzerne. 67. York, August 19, 1749, formed of a part of Lancaster.

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