Crawford County, Pennsylvania


History & Biography
1879

Part I:  Directory
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TROY  TOWNSHIP.
    This township was erected in 1830, and has an area of 17,581 acres, with a population, in 1870, of 983.  It forms one of the southern border townships.  The leading occupation of the inhabitants is lumbering; saw and shingle mills are numerous.  The initial settlement was made by James Luse, of New Jersey, about 1795, and his wagon was the third which left Pittsburg[h] for Meadville.  The leading streams are branches of Sugar Creek and Oil Creek.  The Pittsburgh, Buffalo & Titusville and the Union & Titusville railroads cross the northeast corner of the township.  Troy Centre is the only post-office in the township, and the first resident was Peter Keyes.  There are 10 schools, with an average attendance of 200 scholars, costing the township each year about $1,200.