An undated topographical map of Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, produced by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The community of Carsonville is part of Jefferson Township. The topographical […]
Jonas Daniel Dietrich was born 13 August 1819, in Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, son of Emanuel Dietrich (1797-1847) and his wife, Anna Marie [Daniels] Dietrich (1798-1850). He died 17 […]
The following article appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 20 March 1919. While it is not really a comprehensive history of the local draft board that was […]
C. C. McLaughlin Mr. McLaughlin was born at Carsonville, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Shippensburg Normal School, Class of 1906. He taught in public schools of Jefferson Township, Jackson […]
At the time of the creation of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from a portion of Lancaster County, 4 April 1785, there was only one township in the upper part of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was created 24 November 1842 by a diminishing of Jackson Township. The boundary was modified on 23 November 1844. Jefferson Township‘s area, at establishment, is […]