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ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES.

Names and date, day, month and year of the erection of the several counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the territory from which they were formed; the three first counties which were formed, to wit: Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester, were established at the first settlement of the Province of Pennsylvania, and formed the only original counties of all that territory of which the now great State is formed, comprised of sixty-six counties, as follows, viz:

1. Adams, January 22, 1800, formed of a part of York.

2. Allegheny, September 24, 1788. formed of a part of Westmoreland and Washington.

3. Armstrong, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Lycoming.

4. Beaver, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny and Washington.

5. Bedford, March 9, 1771, formed of a part of Cumberland. 6. Berks, March 11, 1752, formed of a part of Philadelphia, Chester and Lancaster.

7. Blair, February 26, 1846, formed of a part of Huntingdon and Bedford.

8. Bradford, February 21, 1810, formed of a part of Luzerne and

Lycoming.*

9. Bucks, one of the original counties of the Province.†

10. Butler, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny.

11. Cambria, March 26, 1804, formed of a part of Huntingdon, Somerset and Bedford.

12. Cameron, March 29, 1869, formed of a part of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean and Potter.

13. Carbon, March 13, 1843, formed of a part of Northampton and Monroe.

14. Centre, February 13, 1800, formed of a part of Mifflin, Northumberland, Lycoming and Huntingdon.

*Previous to March 24, 1812, this county was called Ontario, but its name was changed to Bradford on that day.

+Bucks county was one of the three original counties established at the first settlement of the Province of Pennsylvania; the other two being Philadelphia and Chester. See Votes of the Assembly, Vol. I.

15. Chester, one of the original counties established at the first settlement of the Provinces.

16. Clarion, March 11, 1839, formed of a part of Venango and Armstrong.

17. Clearfield, March 26, 1804, formed of a part of Lycoming and Northumberland.

18. Clinton, June 21, 1839, formed of a part of Lycoming and Centre.

19. Columbia, March 22, 1813, formed of a part of Northumber

land.

20. Crawford, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny. 21. Cumberland, January 27, 1750, formed of a part of Lancaster. 22. Dauphin, March 4, 1785, formed of a part of Lancaster.

23. Delaware, September 26, 1789, formed of a part of Chester. 24. Elk, April 18, 1843, formed of a part of Jefferson, Clearfield and M'Kean.

25. Erie, March 12, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny.

26. Fayette, September 26, 1783, formed of a part of Westmoreland.

27. Forest, April 11, 1813, formed from a part of Jefferson and Venango.*

23. Franklin, September 9, 1784, formed from a part of Cumberland.

29. Fulton, April 19, 1850, fromed from a part of Bedford.

30. Greene, February 9, 1796, formed from a part of Washington. 31. Huntingdon, September 20, 1787, formed from a part of Bed

ford.

32. Indiana, March 30, 1803, formed from a part of Westmoreland and Lycoming.

33. Jefferson, March 26, 1804, formed from a part of Lycoming. 34. Juniata, March 2, 1831, formed from a part of Mifflin.

35. Lancaster, May 10, 1729, formed from a part of Chester. 36. Lawrence, March 25, 1850, formed from a part of Beaver and Mercer.

37. Lebanon, February 16, 1813, formed from a part of Dauphin

and Lancaster.

38. Lehigh, March 6, 1812, formed from a part of Northumberland.

39. Luzerne, September 25, 1786,. formed from a part of North

umberland.

49. Lycoming, April 13, 1796, formed from a part of Northumber

land.

* Part of Venango added by act approved October 31, 1866.

41. M'Kean, March 20, 1804, formed from a part of Lycoming. 42. Mercer, March 12, 1800, formed from a part of Allegheny. 43. Mifflin, September 19, 1789, formed from a part of Cumberland and Northumberland.

44. Monroe, April 1, 1836, formed from a part of Northampton and Pike.

45. Montgomery, September 10, 1784, formed from a part of Philadelphia.

46. Montour, May 3, 1850, formed from a part of Columbia. 47. Northampton, March 11, 1752, formed from a part of Bucks. 48. Northumberland, March 27, 1772, formed from parts of Lancaster, Cumberland, Berks, Bedford and Northampton. 49. Perry, March 22, 1820, formed from a part of Cumberland. 50. Philadelphia, one of the three original counties established at the first settlement of the Province.

51. Pike, March 26, 1814, formed from a part of Wayne.

52. Potter, March 26, 1804, formed from a part of Lycoming. 53. Schuylkill, March 1, 1811, formed from a part of Bucks and Northampton.

51. Snyder, March 2, 1855, formed from a part of Union. 55. Somerset, April 17, 1795, formed from a part of Bedford. 56. Sullivan, March 15, 1847, formed from a part of Lycoming. 57. Susquehanna, February 21, 1810, formed from a part of Lu

zerne.

58. Tioga, March 26, 1804, formed from a part of Lycoming. 59. Union, March 22, 1813, formed from a part of Northumberland.

69. Venango, March 13, 1800, formed from a part of Allegheny and Lycoming.

61. Warren, March 12, 1800, formed from a part of Allegheny and Lycoming.

62. Wayne, March 21, 1796, formed from a part of Northampton. 63. Washington, March 28, 1781, formed from a part of Westmore

land.

64. Westmoreland, February 26, 1773, formed from a part of Bedford, and in 1785 part of the purchase of 1784 was added thereto.

65. Wyoming, April 4, 1842, formed from a part of Luzerne. 66. York, August 19, 1749, formed from a part of Lancaster.