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Philadelphia Township Grant, Parrsboro, was a failed attempt to create a 20,000 acre (8,100 ha) township. [49] Pictou Township, District of Pictou, Halifax County. Created in 1807 when the District of Pictou was divided into three townships. [35] In 1827 the population was 4,777, and 17,996 acres were cultivated.
The borough of Halifax, a separate municipality, is near the center of the township. Unincorporated communities in the township include Powells Valley and Matamoras in the south. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 31.8 square miles (82.3 km 2 ), of which 27.6 square miles (71.6 km 2 ) is land and 4.1 ...
Matamoras is an unincorporated community in Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, located in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. [ 1 ] Matamoras was named after the Mexican city of Matamoros , the scene of a battle in the Mexican–American War .
Halifax is located in western Dauphin County at (40.467623, -76.931156), [5] on the east bank of the Susquehanna Pennsylvania Route 147 passes through the borough, leading north along the Susquehanna 6 miles (10 km) to Millersburg and southwest 7 miles (11 km) to U.S. Route 22 near Duncannon.
Southern portion of Clemson Island in the Susquehanna River, Halifax Township, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°27′54.5″N 76°56′44.4″W / 40.465139°N 76.945667°W / 40.465139; -76.
Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.As of 2024, it is estimated that the population of the Halifax CMA was 530,167, [6] with 348,634 people in its urban area. [3]
Powells Valley (variants include Powell Valley, Powl Valley and Powls Valley) is an unincorporated community in Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, situated in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area.
Today, 9 of the original 12 remain incorporated as county municipalities, with 3 eventually becoming regional municipalities in 1995 and 1996, [3] while Statistics Canada uses all 18 historical counties as census divisions for statistical purposes in the Canadian census. [4]