Crawford County, Pennsylvania


History
Historical Township Boundaries

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP1
Date
Event
29 Aug. 1810 Created from the northern part of Oil Creek Twp. 2
Boundaries:  Beginning at a white pine thence North Six Miles to the Line of Erie County thence East ten Miles to the Line of Warren County thence South an Equal Distance with the first Line to the South Side of the Eight Donation District thence West Along Said Line ten Miles to the place of beginning.
25 Aug. 1814 Western boundary redefined:  territory gained from Rockdale Twp. 3
Beginning at the South West corner of Donation Lot number seventeen hundred thirteen (1713) on the South line of the eight Donation District thence North through said Donation District to the North East corner of Donation lot number fifteen hundred eighty nine on the North line of said District thence continuing North along the West line of George Buchanan's lands to the North West corner thereof thence by land of John White, West to the South East corner of a tract of land warranted in the name of Rachel Smock thence North along the East side of the same to the Erie County line.
ca. March 1829 Boundaries redefined:  southern and eastern parts lost to creation of Athens Twp., Rome Twp., and Sparta Twp.; territory gained from Rockdale Twp. 4
Beginning at the n. w. corner of a tract returned to Sarah Smock, on the Erie county line, and running south to the s. w. corner of lot no. 1555; thence east to the s. e. corner of lot no. 1677; thence running n. e. and north to the n. e. corner of a tract in the name of William Miles; thence west along the line of Erie county to the place of beginning.
18 Nov. 1859 Portion incorporated as the borough of Riceville [q.v.]
6 June 1927 Territory gained through dissolution of Riceville borough [q.v.]

1 After its boundaries were "set off" 29 November 1809, and again after the township was named, some residents petitioned (unsuccessfully) for it to be called Washington Twp. [q.v.].

2 Crawford Co. Court of Quarter Sessions June Session 1809 (road papers). The boundaries as set by the original report, dated 18 Sept. 1809, were as follows:  "Begining at the north east corner of Crawford County thence west along the line of said County untill it meets the line of Rockdale Township thence south along said line to the south side of the 8th Donation District thence East along the south side of said District to the line of Warren County thence north along the said line to the place of begining."  Apparently the inhabitants considered the boundaries to be those first given in a petition presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions at its April 1801 session:  *"Beginning at the north east corner of Crawford County thence west twelve miles along said line dividing the Countys of Crawford & Erie thence south six miles thence east twelve miles to the line dividing the Countys of Crawford and Warran [i.e., Warren] thence north along said line to the place of beginning."

3 Crawford Co. Court of Quarter Sessions, Feb. Session 1814 (road papers) [establishing the division line "conformably to former assessments"].

4 Crawford Co. Court of Quarter Sessions.  The court papers have been lost, and the information presented here is from a condensed report of the commission appointed to determine the new boundaries, printed in the Crawford Messenger of 26 Feb. 1829.