Lykens Township Created, 1810
Lykens Township was officially created on 3 September 1810. Its original area (green on map above) included several other townships which were later divided from parts of Lykens Township. Present-day […]
Lykens Township was officially created on 3 September 1810. Its original area (green on map above) included several other townships which were later divided from parts of Lykens Township. Present-day […]
Halifax Township was officially created in March 1804. Its original territory included the green area shown on the map above. Halifax Township was later diminished by the creation of Jackson […]
John G. Swab, carpenter, was born in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 20 March 1831, a son of George Swab and Catharine [Umholtz] Swab. The father, George Swab, was born […]
Jackson Township was created in 1828 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from Halifax Township. After its creation, two townships were separated from territory originally part of it. Jefferson Township was created […]
Reed Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was created in 1849 from parts of MIddle Paxton Township; from islands at the mouth of the Juniata River including Duncan’s Island and Haldeman’s Island; […]
William Cooper, farmer, Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born in Mifflin Township, now Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was a son of John Cooper and Mary [Miller] Cooper. […]
From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 15 October 1929: ATTEND TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE Four fair misses, instructors in the Dauphin County schools, who are attending the County Institute this week in Harrisburg. From […]
Believed to be a portrait of Andrew Lycans, or Lykens (1701-1756), for whom Lykens Valley, Lykens Borough, and Lykens Township are named. The following story is adapted/edited from pages 55-56 […]