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Formed on 21 February 1810 from part of Luzerne County.

Borough	Incorporated	Settled	Formerly part of:
Forest City	15 Aug 1888	1871	Clifford Twp
Friendsville	c1847-8	1819	Choconut, Apolacon & Middletown Twps
Great Bend	Nov 1861		Great Bend Twp
Hallstead	1874		Great Bend Twp
Hop Bottom	1881	1799	Lathrop Twp
Lanesboro	1888		Harmony Twp
Little Meadows	1859	1800	Apolacon Twp
Montrose	29 Mar 1824	1812	Bridgewater Twp
New Milford	Dec 1859	1789	New Milford Twp
Oakland	1884		Oakland Twp
Susquehanna Depot	Aug 1853		Oakland Twp
Thompson	1876		Thompson Twp
Union Dale	1885		Herrick Twp
Township	Incorporated	Settled	Formerly part of:
Apolacon	1846	1800	Rush Twp
Ararat	Aug 1852	1810	Herrick, Thompson & Gibson Twps
Auburn	Apr 1814	1797	Braintrim Twp, Luzerne Co
Bridgewater	Jan 1805	1798	while part of Luzerne
Brooklyn	Apr 1814	1787	Bridgewater Twp
Choconut	Jan c1813-4	1806	Rush Twp
Clifford	Apr 1806	1799	while part of Luzerne
Dimock	Dec 1832	1796	Springville Twp
Forest Lake	May 1836	1799	Middletown, Bridgewater & Silver Lake Twps
Franklin	Dec 1835	1797	Bridgewater & Lawsville Twp
Gibson	Nov c1812-3	1792	Clifford Twp
Great Bend	c1791-3	1787	while part of Luzerne
Harford	Jan 1808	1790	while part of Luzerne
Harmony	1809	1789	Willingborough Twp
Herrick	May 1825	1789	Gibson & Clifford Twp
Jackson	Dec c1814-5	1809	Harmony Twp
Jessup		1799	Bridgewater, Rush & Middletown Twps
Lathrop	Apr 1846	1799	Brooklyn Twp
Lenox	Aug 1795		called Nicholson Twp until Jan 1813
Liberty	1798	1799	called Lawsville Twp until Sep 1836
Middletown	1813	1799	Rush Twp
New Milford	Aug 1807	1790	while part of Luzerne
Oakland	Dec 1853	1787	Harmony Twp
Rush	Nov 1801	1794	while part of Luzerne
Silver Lake	Aug 1813	1809	Bridgewater Twp
Springville	Apr 1814	1800	Bridgewater Twp
Thompson	Apr 1833	1820	Jackson Twp

Src: Hottenstein & Welch, compilers; Incorporation Dates for Pennsylvania Municipalities , Commonwealth of PA, 1965

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Susquehanna Links

• Political Graveyard for Susquehanna - Politicians & their cemeteries
• From Cemetery to Tree - including information from assorted Susquehanna cemeteries
• 1889 Panoramic view of Forest City - /lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd/gmd382/g3824/g3824f/
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