Cumberland County Towns and Townships

Most of the information on Cumberland County Boroughs and Townships is limited to present day Cumberland County. In the early days, 1750-1820, other townships were included in Cumberland. A history of townships in Cumberland is listed below.

Townships 1-6 were formed from the original East Pennsborough Twp; 7-9 from the original Middleton Twp; 10-15 from the original West Pennsborough Twp; 16-22 from the original Hopewell Twp.

Borough	Year Established	Parent Township	Notes
Camp Hill	1885	East Pennsborough Lower Allen Hampden
Carlisle	1783	Middleton	Laid out, 1751
Mechanicsburg	1828	Silver Spring Allen	Founded early 1800's
Mt Holly Springs	1873	South Middleton
Lemoyne	1905	Lower Allen
Newburg	1861	Hopewell
New Cumberland	1831	Allen
Newville	1817	Newton	Laid out, 1790
Shippensburg	1819	Shippensburg	Settled 1733
Shiremanstown	1874	Lower Allen
West Fairview	1910	East Pennsborough	Laid out, 1815 Remerged with East Pennsborough Twp, 1 Jan 1998.
Wormleysburg	1908	East Pennsborough	Laid out, 1815

If the names of the town you are searching did not appear in the above list you might check this list of unincorporated areas. from Brigdens'1858 Atlas.

Township	Year Established	Parent Township	Year Divided
* Current Cumberland Townships: Numbers correspond to location on map
Hopewell*16	1735	Orig Twp; Part of Lancaster County
Allen	1766	East Pennsborough	1850
Newton	1767	Hopewell	1929
North Newton*20	1929	Newton
South Newton*19	1929	Newton
Shippensburg*17	1783	Hopewell
Southampton*18	1783	Hopewell
Mifflin	1797	Newton [Data corrected-7/04: was Hopewell]	1892
Lower Mifflin*22	1892	Mifflin
Upper Mifflin*21	1892	Mifflin
Pennsborough	1735	Part of Lancaster County	1745
West Pennsborough*10	1745	Orig Twp Pennsborough; Part of Lancaster County
Dickinson*11	1785	West Pennsborough
Penn*12	1860	Dickinson
Cooke*13	1872	Penn
Frankford	1795	West Pennsborough	1929
Lower Frankford*15	1929	Frankford
Upper Frankford*14	1929	Frankford
Middleton	1750	Orig Twp West Pennsborough	1810
South Middleton*7	1810	Middleton
North Middleton*8	1810	Middleton
Middlesex*9	1859	North Middleton
East Pennsborough*1	1745	Orig Twp Pennsborough; Part of Lancaster County
Hamden*2	1845	East Pennsborough
Allen	1765	East Pennsborough	1850
Lower Allen*3	1850	Allen
Upper Allen*4	1850	Allen
Silver Spring*5	1787	East Pennsborough
Monroe*6	1825	Allen

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History of Earlier Cumberland Townships

NAME	CREATED	FIRST APPEARANCE	DATE SEPARATED
Hopewell	1735	1736	Still exists; part of original area went to Franklin in 1784.
Antrim	1741	1741	Still exists; created from Hopewell. Now in Franklin.
Lurgan	1743?	1751	1760/61 Still exists; part of Franklin Co. 1784.
Peters	Before 1751; Probably in the late 1740's.	1751	Still exists; Part of Franklin Co. 1784.
Guilford	Same as Peters	1751	1781 Part of Franklin Co. 1784.
Hamilton	1752	1752	Part of Franklin Co. 1784.
Fannett	1754	1762	Part of Franklin Co. 1784.
Fermanagh	1754	1767	Part of Mifflin Co. 1789.
Lack	1754	1767	Part of Mifflin Co. 1789.
Tyrone	1754	1762	1763 Part of Perry Co. 1820.
Letterkenny	1761 From Lurgan	1762	Part of Franklin Co. 1784.
Toboyne	1763 From Tyrone	1763 as Upper Tyrone	Part of Perry Co. 1820.
Rye	1766 From Tyrone	1767	Part of Perry Co. 1820.
Dublin	1767	1768	Part of Bedford Co. 1771.
Air	1754	1762	Part of Bedford Co. 1771.
Greenwood	1767	1768	A portion became part of Mifflin Co. in 1789; remainder part of Perry Co. in 1820.
Penn('s)	1767	1768	Now in Snyder; was assigned to Northumberland Co. in 1772.
Derry	1767	1768	Part of Mifflin Co. in 1789.
Cumberland	1767	1768	Part of Bedford Co. in 1771.
Bedford	1767	1768	Part of Bedford Co. in 1771.
Coleraine	1767	1768	Part of Bedford Co. in 1771.
Barree	1767	1768	Disputed between Bedford and Cumberland 1771-79; assigned to Bedford Co. in 1779.
Milford	1768 From Lack	1769	Part of Mifflin Co. in 1789.
Armagh	1770 From Derry	1771	Part of Mifflin Co. in 1789.
Washington	1779 From Antrim	1779	Part of Franklin Co. in 1784.
Montgomery	1781 From Peters	1781	Part of Franklin Co. in 1784.
Shippensburg Twp	1783 From Hopewell	1783	1819
Southampton	1783 From Hopewell and Lurgan	1793	1784 1/2 to Franklin Co. and 1/2 left in Cumberland Co.
Wayne	1782 From Derry	1783	Part of Mifflin Co. in 1789.
Juniata	1793 From Rye	1793	Part of Perry Co. in 1820.
Buffalo	1799 From Greenwood	1808	Part of Perry Co. in 1820.
Saville	1817 From Tyrone	1820	Part of Perry Co. in 1820.

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Cumberland County Towns and Townships

Most of the information on Cumberland County Boroughs and Townships is limited to present day Cumberland County. In the early days, 1750-1820, other townships were included in Cumberland. A history of townships in Cumberland is listed below.

Borough

Year Established

Parent Township

Notes

Camp Hill

1885

East PennsboroughLower AllenHampden

Carlisle

1783

Middleton

Laid out, 1751

Mechanicsburg

1828

Silver Spring Allen

Founded early 1800's

Mt Holly Springs

1873

South Middleton

Lemoyne

1905

Lower Allen

Newburg

1861

Hopewell

New Cumberland

1831

Allen

Newville

1817

Newton

Laid out, 1790

Shippensburg

1819

Shippensburg

Settled 1733

Shiremanstown

1874

Lower Allen

West Fairview

1910

East Pennsborough

Laid out, 1815 Remerged with East Pennsborough Twp, 1 Jan 1998.

Wormleysburg

1908

East Pennsborough

Laid out, 1815

If the names of the town you are searching did not appear in the above list you might check this list of unincorporated areas. from Brigdens'1858 Atlas.

Township

Year Established

Parent Township

Year Divided

* Current Cumberland Townships: Numbers correspond to location on map

Hopewell*16

1735

Orig Twp; Part of Lancaster County

Allen

1766

East Pennsborough

1850

Newton

1767

Hopewell

1929

North Newton*20

1929

Newton

South Newton*19

1929

Newton

Shippensburg*17

1783

Hopewell

Southampton*18

1783

Hopewell

Mifflin

1797

Newton [Data corrected-7/04: was Hopewell]

Year
Established

East Pennsborough
Lower Allen
Hampden

Silver Spring
Allen

Founded
early 1800's

Laid out, 1815
Remerged with East Pennsborough Twp, 1 Jan 1998.

Year
Established

Year
Divided

Orig Twp;
Part of Lancaster County

Orig Twp
Pennsborough;
Part of Lancaster County

Orig Twp
West Pennsborough

Orig Twp
Pennsborough;
Part of Lancaster County