Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Part I: Directory
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ROCKDALE TOWNSHIP.

Was formed in 1811, and lies upon the north border of the county, a little east of the centre, and contains 21,702 acres. Settlement was begun in 1786 by John Hayes. The leading settlements were made by the Holland Land Company, in 1795, who built the first house in the township [sic]. Isaac Keely and George Miller settled about 1800; in the same year came Hugh and Patrick McCullophs, and Nathan Mitchel came in 1802. The first church in the township was built by a Baptist society in 1825. It was situated on what is known as the Daniel Miller farm. In 1870 the population of the township was 1,664, whose occupation is largely lumbering and dairying. It contains 13 schools, which have an attendance of 260 pupils, and are conducted at an expense of about $1,800 a year. Miller's Station, on the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, which crosses the northwestern portion of the township, is the leading village within its limits.