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The Pennsylvania Germans and Scotch-Irish were hesitant to accept the idea of free or public schools. They respected education, but associated it with the church, not the state. The enactment of the Free School Act in 1834, entitled "An Act to Establish a General System of Education by Common Schools" was the first great victory for public schools.
Maryland and Pennsylvania railroad tracks over Scott Creek, west of Watson's Corner and south of Pennsylvania Route 851 39°44′46″N 76°20′29″W / 39.746111°N 76.341389°W / 39.746111; -76.341389 ( Scott Creek Bridge-North, Maryland and Pennsylvania
Under Pennsylvania law, counties have three main types of incorporated municipalities, of which Lycoming County has one city, nine boroughs and 42 townships. [1] As of the most recent United States Census (2020), Pennsylvania has 67 counties, which contain 1,547 townships, 955 boroughs (and 2 towns), and 56 cities. There are no unincorporated ...
Madame Montour's village of Otstonwakin or Ostuagy was an important location during the settlement of what is now Lycoming County.Her village at the mouth of Loyalsock Creek on the West Branch Susquehanna River was a stopping point for the Moravian missionaries who were spreading the gospel throughout the wilderness of Pennsylvania during the 1740s.
Derry Township is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 24,796 at the 2020 census, [3] an increase over the figure of 24,679 tabulated in 2010. Hershey, the site of the well-known Hershey's chocolate factory and its affiliated amusement park, is located within the township.
This district encompasses 309 contributing buildings and includes notable examples of the Late Victorian and Classical Revival styles. Notable buildings include the Christ Lutheran Church (1812–1814), Odd Fellows Hall (1850), U.S. Post Office (1911), Strand and Capitol Theatre (1923–1925), Elks Home (1860s), Pullman Factory Building (c. 1900), Sylvia Newcombe Center (1892), Friends Meeting ...
The town became a popular resort, with city boarders in the summer and gambling at the hotel. Early prosperity began to decline during the 1830s, when the Codorus Canal was completed into the town of York, luring business away from York Haven. The flour mills closed down but were later replaced with a paper mill.
Yeadon is located in eastern Delaware County at (39.932862, -75.251540 It is bordered on the south by the borough of Darby, on the northwest by the borough Lansdowne, on the west and north by Upper Darby Township, and on the east, across Cobbs Creek, by the city of Philadelphia, whose Center City lies 6 miles (10 km) to the east.