Crawford County, Pennsylvania


History
Historical Borough Boundaries

GENEVA
Date
Event
Origins: Sutton's Corners P.O. established 1857, named for John Sutton.1
17 Sept. 1868 Petition to incorporate Geneva filed; disapproved by grand jury,2
23 Jan. 1872 Incorporated from Greenwood Twp. 3
Decree[d] that the said town of Geneva be incorporated into ... "The Borough of Geneva"; that the boundaries thereof shall be as follows, viz: Beginning at the n.e. corner thereof at the crossing of the channel of Conneaut Marsh by the Meadville road in the center of said channel and road; thence s. 7° w. 320 perches to the center of the Cochranton road and of the Georgetown [now Sheakleyville] road where it comes into the Cochranton road aforesaid; thence by the middle of said Georgetown road s. 2° and 15' w. 51.4 perches; thence n. 88° w. 254 perches to a post; thence n. 2° e. 46 perches to the center of the public road; thence along the middle of said road n. 40° e. 82.5 perches to the center of the Evansburg road; thence by the middle of said road s. 88° e. 8 perches to the center of the road leading from said Evansburg road to the Meadville Road, thence by the middle of said road n. 80° e. 44 perches; thence by middle of same n. 24° e. 25 perches; thence by middle of same n. 8° w. 14 perches; thence by middle of same n. 8° e. 39 perches; thence by middle of same n. 63° e. 35.7 perches; thence n. 2° e. 80 perches; thence s. 88° e. 14 perches; thence n. 11° e. 125 perches to the center of the aforesaid channel of Conneaut Marsh; thence by the middle of said channel to the place of beginning.
22 Nov. 1939 Corporate charter annulled.4
Ordered: that the Charter of the Borough of Geneva be annulled, and .. that the lands embraced within the limits of said Borough of Geneva shall revert to and become part of the Township of Greenwood from which it was taken....

1 1879-80 Crawford Co. Directory, 47.   RETURN

2 Crawford Co. Court of Quarter Sessions Dk. 10:488, #47— [papers numbered 48] Sept. Session 1868.   RETURN

3 Crawford Co. Court of Quarter Sessions Dk. 11:352-55 (plat at p. 355), Jan. Session 1872, recorded 17 Feb. 1894 [sic] at Crawford Co. Charter Book B:190 (with diagram at p. 194).   RETURN

4 Crawford Co. Charter Bk. F:181-86.   RETURN