Local Geohistory Project

Event Detail

Summary

Type	Method	Description	Successful?
New Township	Court	Butler County 1804 Township Division	yes+

Dates

Event Year(s)	Final Decree Date	Effective Date	How Effective Date Determined
1804		Nov 1804	Final Decree - Date Granted

Affected Government

From Municipality	From County	From State	To Municipality	To County	To State
Connoquenessing, Township of (defunct) Whole	Butler County Part	PA Part	Connoquenessing, Township of (defunct) Whole	Butler County Part	PA Part
Middlesex, Township of (Butler) Whole	Butler County Part	PA Part	Middlesex, Township of (Butler) Whole	Butler County Part	PA Part
Buffalo, Township of (Butler) Whole	Butler County Part	PA Part	Buffalo, Township of (Butler) Whole	Butler County Part	PA Part
Slippery Rock, Township of (Butler) Whole	Butler County Part	PA Part	Slippery Rock, Township of (Butler) Whole	Butler County Part	PA Part
Unknown (placeholder) Reduction	Butler County Part	PA Part	Cranberry, Township of (Butler) Creation	Butler County Part	PA Part
Unknown (placeholder) Reduction	Butler County Part	PA Part	Butler, Township of (Butler) Creation	Butler County Part	PA Part
Unknown (placeholder) Reduction	Butler County Part	PA Part	Clearfield, Township of (Butler) Creation	Butler County Part	PA Part
Unknown (placeholder) Reduction	Butler County Part	PA Part	Muddy Creek, Township of Creation	Butler County Part	PA Part
Unknown (placeholder) Reduction	Butler County Part	PA Part	Center, Township of (Butler) Creation	Butler County Part	PA Part
Unknown (placeholder) Reduction	Butler County Part	PA Part	Donegal, Township of (Butler) Creation	Butler County Part	PA Part
Unknown (placeholder) Reduction	Butler County Part	PA Part	Mercer, Township of (Butler) Creation	Butler County Part	PA Part
Unknown (placeholder) Reduction	Butler County Part	PA Part	Venango, Township of (Butler) Creation	Butler County Part	PA Part
Unknown (placeholder) Reduction	Butler County Part	PA Part	Parker, Township of Creation	Butler County Part	PA Part

Affected Government Form

Government	Government Form
Butler, Township of (Butler)	Township
Center, Township of (Butler)	Township
Clearfield, Township of (Butler)	Township
Cranberry, Township of (Butler)	Township
Donegal, Township of (Butler)	Township
Mercer, Township of (Butler)	Township
Muddy Creek, Township of	Township
Parker, Township of	Township
Venango, Township of (Butler)	Township

Adjudication

Detail	Tribunal	Type	No.	Term	Relationship
View	Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Butler County, Pennsylvania	Sessions		Nov 1804	direct

Law

Detail	Citation	Relationship
View	Act of March 24, 1803 (17 Pa. Stat. at Large 334, Ch. 2357), §§ 1–2	indirect

Source

Detail	Source	Title	Person(s)	Vol.	Page(s)	Date 1	Date 2
View	Pa. Internal Affairs 1965				27
View	Pa. Internal Affairs 1965				28
View	Pa. Internal Affairs 1965				28
View	Pa. Internal Affairs 1965				28
View	Pa. Internal Affairs 1965				28
View	Pa. Internal Affairs 1965				28
View	Pa. Internal Affairs 1965				28
View	Pa. Internal Affairs 1965				28
View	Pa. Internal Affairs 1965				28
View	Pa. Internal Affairs 1965				28