Local Geohistory Project

Event Detail

Summary

Type	Method	Description	Successful?
Boundary Realignment	Court	Lawrence County-Mercer County 1897 Boundary Ascertainment	yes

Dates

Event Year(s)	Final Decree Date	Effective Date	How Effective Date Determined
1897		Jun 21, 1897	Final Decree - Date Granted (2nd County)

Affected Government

From Municipality	From County	From State	To Municipality	To County	To State
New Wilmington, Borough of Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part	Wilmington, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part
Pulaski, Township of (Lawrence) Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part	Wilmington, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part
Pulaski, Township of (Lawrence) Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part	Shenango, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part
Wilmington, Township of (Lawrence) Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part	Wilmington, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part
Wilmington, Township of (Lawrence) Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part	Springfield, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part
Washington, Township of (Lawrence) Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part	Springfield, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part
Plain Grove, Township of Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part	Springfield, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part
Plain Grove, Township of Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part	Liberty, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part
Springfield, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part	Plain Grove, Township of Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part
Springfield, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part	Washington, Township of (Lawrence) Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part
Wilmington, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part	Pulaski, Township of (Lawrence) Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part
Springfield, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part	Wilmington, Township of (Lawrence) Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part
Wilmington, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part	Wilmington, Township of (Lawrence) Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part
Shenango, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part	Pulaski, Township of (Lawrence) Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part
Liberty, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part	Plain Grove, Township of Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part
Wilmington, Township of (Mercer) Ascertainment	Mercer County Ascertainment	PA Part	New Wilmington, Borough of Ascertainment	Lawrence County Ascertainment	PA Part

Adjudication

Detail	Tribunal	Type	No.	Term	Relationship
View	Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania	Roads and Bridges	4	Mar 1897	direct
View	Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Mercer County, Pennsylvania	Sessions	41	Jan 1897	direct

Law

Detail	Citation	Relationship
View	Act of April 17, 1876 (Pa. Laws 42, No. 29), §§ 1–9	indirect
View	Act of May 22, 1895 (Pa. Laws 97, No. 70), § 1	indirect
View	Act of June 14, 1897 (Pa. Laws 151, No. 125), § 1	reference