January 27, 1857, Pine Township was organized from portions of Brown, Cummings and Cogan House. It was given the name of Pine on account of the heavy growth of pine timber on the mountains within its limits. It is the largest township in the county in point of area and contains 48,640 acres, most of it mountainous, but there is some rolling country in the northern part which is well adapted to farming. There are some copper and iron ore desposits, but not in sufficient quantities to make their working profitable. There are also some good coal veins in the neighborhood of English Centre, but they have not been worked extensively owing to the lack of transportation facilities. The coal is of the bituminous variety and of good quality. The township is well watered, Little Pine Creek traversing it from north to south, with numerous tributaries.

The first settlement was made by John Norris, who located about twenty miles above the mouth of Little Pine Creek. Norris was a man of education and so was his wife. They established a young ladies’ seminary in the wilderness and it was eminently successful. Many young women of the community who afterwards married well were educated at this institution. Among them were: Maria Davidson, daughter of Dr. James Davidson of Jersey Shore, the Revolutionary war surgeon; Elizabeth Burrows, of Montoursville, daughter of Gen. John Burrows, who afterwards married Tunison Coryell, of Williamsport; and Jane and Priscilla Morrison, both of whom married well. Pine Township was also the location of the "English Settlement," sponsored by Rev. John Hey, of Philadelphia, and which proved such a dismal failure. Other early settlers were the Moore and English families. A state road from Newberry to Painted Post passed through the township and for many years was a much-traveled highway. The Norris Seminary was located near it.

Oregon Hill, in the northern part of the township, is a flourishing village and is surrounded by a fine farming country high up on the mountain plateau. English Centre is the largest village in the township and was the home of the English family from whom it took its name and some of the descendants of the original settlers are still living there. It is a United States postoffice and was established October 25, 1844. John M. English was the first postmaster. Pine Township is supplied with a number of churches and the school facilities are sufficient for all purposes. In 1920 the township had a population of 300.