The following article appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 20 March 1919. While it is not really a comprehensive history of the local draft board that was […]
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES OF ELIZABETHVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA – 1922 Chief Burgess: Harold L. Romberger (pictured above) Councilmen: R. K. Buffington, President; C. T. Romberger; G. Fred Gaupp; H. H. Hassinger; Earl K. […]
Charles H. Harman Squire Harman was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and came to Wiconisco in 1880. In 1899 he was elected Justice of the Peace of that […]
George W. Troxell When the citizens of the Borough of Lykens elected Mr. Troxell to serve the position of chief executive of the Borough, they certainly made an elegant selection. […]
Charles A. Hoff Mr. Hoff is a son of S. B. Hoff, former Prothonotary of York County, Pennsylvania. He is a native of York County and entered business in Dauphin […]
At the time of the creation of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from a portion of Lancaster County, 4 April 1785, there was only one township in the upper part of the […]
Lykens Township was officially created on 3 September 1810. Its original area (green on map above) included several other townships which were later divided from parts of Lykens Township. Present-day […]
Mifflin Township was officially created on 3 September 1810. Its original area (green on map above) included one other present-day township [Washington Township] which was later divided from the southern […]