Date
| Event
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9 July 1800 |
Created from parts of Conneaut Twp. and Mead Twp. 1 |
| Boundaries: Begining at the north east corner of Shanango Township thence eastwardly seven tracts intersecting the line of a tract of land surveyed in the name of Israel Israel thence north [and?] east so as to include said tract thence by land of Leonard Jacoby and Henry Hamer [Kamerer?] to the south east corner of the same thence southwardly to the south boundary of Crawford County thence by the same westwardly to the south east corner of Shanango Township thence by the same northwardly to the place [of] begining. |
28 March 1808 |
Territory gained from Salem Twp. and Sandy Creek Twp., Mercer Co.2 |
| The following described territory was attached to Fairfield, Fallowfield, and Shenango Twps. Beginning at the northwest corner of a certain tract of donation land, known by its No. 1078, situate on the northwest corner of a section of the fifth donation district, thence southwardly by a tract of land on which Joseph Burson now resides, one hundred fifty-four perches, to a birch-tree on the south-east corner of the said tract, thence by the same westwardly to an ironwood-tree, the southeast corner of a tract of land on which Alexander Caldwell now resides, and thence continuing the same direction from the southeast corner of one tract to the southeast corner of the next, to the western boundary of the state. |
28 Aug. 1810 |
Northeastern part lost to Sadsbury Twp. [q.v.] (possibly revoked) |
ca. March 1829 |
Boundaries redefined: northern and eastern parts lost to Sadsbury Twp. and to creation of Greenwood Twp. and Vernon Twp.; territory gained from Shenango Twp. 3 |
| Beginning at the S. E. corner of [S. Shenango Twp.]; thence east by Mercer county line to S. E. corner of tract in name of Peter Mattocks; thence north to the N. E. corner of tract returned to D. Jones; thence west to the N. W. corner of tract returned to George Lattemore; thence south to S. W. corner of tract returned to James Reed the place of beginning.
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22 Jan. 1844 |
Divided into East Fallowfield Twp. and West Fallowfield Twp. [q.v.] |