Crawford County, Pennsylvania


History
Historical Township Boundaries

SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP
Date
Event
July 1801 Created from parts of Allegheny Twp. and Irwin Twp., Venango Co.1
Boundaries:  Beginning at the mouth of French Creek thence up the Allegheny River by the different windings thereof to the mouth of Oil Creek thence up said Creek by the branch thereof that leads to the Holland Company Mills to where the line dividing the counties of Crawford & Venango to where the same crosses French Creek thence down said Creek by the different windings thereof to the mouth the place of begining.
3 Jan. 1803 Enlarged to include all of Venango County east of the Allegheny River.2
Petition "to open the lines of Sugar Creek Township and annex thereto that part of Venango County Situate on the east side of Allegheny River and that the same may be and Remain by the name of Sugar Creek Township" approved.
1806 Boundaries redefined: eastern part west of the Allegheny River lost to creation of Cherrytree Twp., Plum Twp. [q.v.], and Oil Creek Twp., Venango Co.; parts east of the Allegheny River lost to creation of Cranberry, Pinegrove, Richland, and Rockland Twps.3
Beginning at the North West corner of Plumb [i.e., Plum] Township, thence by the Western boundaries of the same, and Oil Creek Township to French Creek, thence up the same to the [Crawford] County line, thence by the [same] North and North East to the place of beginning.
22 Feb. 1822 Parts exchanged with Wayne Twp. [q.v.]

(chronology discontinued—no longer covered any portion of present day Crawford County)


1 Crawford Co. Court of Quarter Sessions Dk. 1:11.   RETURN

2 Crawford Co. Court of Quarter Sessions, January Session 1803 (papers).   RETURN

3 Venango Co. Court of Quarter Sessions [as reported in 1876 Venango Co. Hist., 108; 1890 Venango Co. Hist. 120].   RETURN