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As the population of the area increased, the In 1805 Centre Township was formed out of a portion of Beaver and In 1787 nearly one-half of Penn Township was organized into a new Of Monroe Township and a small part of Jackson Township. Township and most of Armagh and Decatur Townships in MifflinĬounty, the southern part of Hartley and Lewis Townships in UnionĬounty and all of what is now Snyder County, with the exception When Northumberland County was organized in 1772 the territory of

Greenwood and Susquehanna in Juniata County. Now is Penn Township, as well as much of the townships of Monroe, Townships of Union, Chapman, Perry, Washington, a portion of what Penn Township was comprised of the territory now included in the What was the northern part of Cumberland County. Records dating back to 1753 reveal Penn Township's existence in Due to its historicalīackground, Penn Township can well be called the mother of Snyder Penns Creek was namedĪfter John Penn, the younger brother of William Penn.Ī political unit by the name of PENN TOWNSHIP was known longīefore the organization of Snyder County. Where it flows into the Susquehanna River. Has its beginning in Centre County and ends South of Selinsgrove PENN TOWNSHIP received its name from Penns Creek, a stream that