Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Historical Township Boundaries

BEAVER TOWNSHIP

Date	Event
9 July 1800	Created from the northwestern part of Conneaut Twp. ¹
	Boundaries: Begining at the north east corner of Conniatt Township thence north until it intersects the north boundary of Crawford County thence west to the western boundary of the State thence south to the north west corner of Conniatt Township thence east to the place of begining.
ca. March 1829	Boundaries redefined: southern and eastern parts lost to Conneaut Twp. and to creation of Snowhill Twp. and Summerhill Twp. ²
	Beginning at the north west corner of the county; thence south with the Ohio line 6 1-2 miles to a line dividing tracts; thence east by said line to the S. E. corner of a tract returned to Reading Howell; thence north by a line dividing tracts returned to James Merrell on the west, and Jonathan Sloane on the east, to the line of Erie county; thence with said line west to the place of beginning.
16 March 1847	Eastern part lost to Spring Twp. [q.v.]

1 Crawford Co. Court of Quarter Sessions Dk. 1:3-5. The map accompanying the petition for redivision suggests that the northern boundary of Conneaut Twp. was to be located one tract north of that shown on the map published at Crawford County Genealogy 18 (1997):45. If so, American Land Company tract 19 and Pennsylvania Population Company tracts 707 though 713 remained part of Conneaut rather than being attached to Beaver Twp.

² 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.