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1885 Seven Counties History - Bradford
County PA
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“HISTORY OF SEVEN COUNTIES presented by the Elmira Weekly
Gazette". It is an “Outline History of Tioga and Bradford Counties in
Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York by
TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, BORO’S AND CITIES.” Written expressly for the Gazette
Company, Elmira, N. Y. Copyright 1885.From AN OUTLINE
HISTORY of Tioga and
Bradford
Counties in Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben,
Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York by TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, BORO'S AND
CITIES"
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WEST
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP
West Burlington was formed in the year 1855, taken
from Burlington. It is bounded on the north by Smithfield and Springfield,
on the east by Burlington, on the south by Franklin and Granville, on the west
by Troy. Mill Creek and Sugar Creek are the principal streams of the
township. Its surface is rolling and undulating, and the soil is well
adapted to grazing and the dairy. West Burlington is a small village and
post town, located in the southern portion of the township, in the valley of
Sugar Creek, on the stage road between Troy and Towanda. The chief pursuit
of its inhabitants is agriculture.
For early settlers etc., see
Burlington.
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