Elk Lick Township
Welcome to Elk LickTownship! If you would like to donate information to this site, please email
us.
Make sure to
also visit Lori DeVault's Salisbury Borough website and
her new Elk Lick township pages for more information on this
township!! Lori has some great old photos on her site -- check them out!!
General Information
Elk Lick township was incorporated in 1785 as part of Bedford County. The town was formed from
Brothersvalley Township, one of the original townships of Somerset County when the county was
formed in 1795. Elk Lick Township is located in the southern portion of the county and it borders
the Maryland State line. It is bounded to the north by Summit Township; to the east by Greenville
Township; by the west by Addison Township; to the south by Cumberland County, MD.
The major borough is Salisbury which was laid out in
1796 and incorporated in 1862.
Associations
Visit the new Salisbury-Elk Lick Historic Association webpage.
Salisbury-Elk Lick Historic Association
9102 Mason Dixon Highway
Salisbury, PA 15558
Cities and Towns
Cemeteries
Thank you to Jean Wall for transcribing the following cemeteries located in this township!
Census
Thank you to our census transcribers and proofreaders for providing these census index_files!
- Prior to 1795, see Bedford County
- U. S. Census Schedule,
1800
- U. S.
Census Schedule, 1810
- U. S. Census Schedule, 1820
- U. S. Census Schedule,
1830
- U. S. Census Schedule,
1840
- U. S. Census Schedule,
1850 (1)
- U. S. Census Schedule,
1850 (2)
- U. S. Census Schedule, 1860
- U. S. Census Schedule,
1870 (1)
- U. S. Census Schedule,
1870 (2)
- U. S. Census Schedule,
1870 (Salisbury Borough)
- U. S. Census
Schedule, 1880 (1)
- U. S. Census
Schedule, 1880 (2)
- U. S. Census
Schedule, 1880 (3)
- U. S. Census
Schedule, 1880 (4)
- U. S. Census
Schedule, 1880 (Salisbury)
- U. S. Census
Schedule, 1880 (East of Casselman River)
- 1890 Veterans Schedule
- 1890 Veterans Schedule
(Salisbury)
- U. S. Census Schedule, 1900
- U. S. Census Schedule, 1910
- U. S. Census Schedule, 1920
- U. S. Census Schedule, 1930
Church Records
Mail List
- To join the SOMGEN Mail List - click
here for information.
Then you will get mail about Somerset County from fellows reaearchers.
Very helpful, you may even find new cousins!
Maps
Linda Marker Simmons has made a map of Elk Lick Township.
Ed McCelland has created USGS Survey Maps of this township
as well.
Query & Surnames
- If you would like to post a query, please follow this link to the Somerset County general query boards.
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