Cogan House Township is one of the most fertile sections of Lycoming County in the valleys and there are many fine farms and prosperous farmers. It is the sixth in size and contains 39,360 acres. It was organized December 6, 1843, and was named for Daniel Cogan, who was one of the first settlers on Larry’s Creek. The surface of the country is rolling, with a small section mountainous. The old state road built in 1799 passes through it.

When Daniel Cogan came to the township he built a log house which became known far and wide as "Cogan’s House." Hence the second appellation of the township. Larry’s Creek and several tributaries pass through it, so that the region is well watered.

There are but two villages in the township, both of which are postoffices, White Pine and Cogan House. The former was established July 6, 1854, with Harford J. Perkins as first postmaster, and the latter December 21, 1854, with Charles Persun as first postmaster. There were others established during the ascendancy of the lumber industry, but all these have been superseded by the rural free delivery. There are good schools and sufficient churches in Cogan House Township, as there are in all others in the county. The township had a population of 650 in 1920, from which it is seen that it is about as thickly populated as any farming section of the county.