Government Detail

Summary

Name Level Type/Class Home Rule?
Beaver, County of county County (Class: 4) no

Detail

Census Creation Date Created Boundary Alteration Count Dissolved
Mar 12, 1800 1

Map

Related

Name Relationship Status
Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Parent current
Aliquippa, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Aliquippa, City of Child current
Ambridge, Borough of Child current
Baden, Borough of Child current
Baden, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Beaver Falls, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Beaver Falls, City of Child current
Beaver, Borough of Child current
Big Beaver, Borough of Child current
Big Beaver, Township of (Beaver, defunct) Child most recent
Borough, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Bridgewater, Borough of (Beaver) Child current
Brighton Heights, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Brighton, Township of Child current
Center, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Chippewa, Township of Child current
College Hill, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Colona, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Conway, Borough of Child current
Darlington, Borough of Child current
Darlington, Township of Child current
Daugherty, Township of Child current
East Beaver, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
East Rochester, Borough of Child current
Eastvale, Borough of Child current
Economy, Borough of Child current
Economy, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Ellwood City, Borough of Child current
Ellwood City, City of (proposed) Child proposed
Fallston, Borough of Child current
First Moon, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Frankfort Springs, Borough of Child current
Franklin, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Freedom, Borough of Child current
Georgetown, Borough of (Beaver) Child current
Glasgow, Borough of Child current
Greene, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Greersburg, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Groveland, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Hanover, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Harmony, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Homewood, Borough of Child current
Hookstown, Borough of Child current
Hopewell, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Independence, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Industry, Borough of Child current
Industry, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Koppel, Borough of Child current
Little Beaver, Township of Child former
Logstown, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Marion, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Midland, Borough of Child current
Monaca, Borough of Child current
Moon, Township of (Beaver, defunct) Child most recent
Mount Jackson, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
New Brighton, Borough of Child current
New Galilee, Borough of Child current
New Sewickley, Township of Child current
North Beaver, Township of (Lawrence) Child former
North Sewickley, Township of Child current
Ohio, Township of (Beaver, defunct) Child most recent
Ohioville, Borough of Child current
Patterson Heights, Borough of Child current
Patterson, Township of Child current
Perry, Township of (Lawrence) Child former
Phillipsburg, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Phillipsburgh, Borough of (alternate) Child variant
Potter, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Pulaski, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Raccoon, Township of Child current
Rochester, Borough of Child current
Rochester, Township of Child current
Saint Clair, Borough of (Beaver, defunct) Child most recent
Second Moon, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Sewickley, Township of (Beaver, defunct) Child most recent
Shenango, Township of (Lawrence) Child former
Shippingport, Borough of Child current
Slippery Rock, Township of (Lawrence) Child former
South Beaver, Township of Child current
South Heights, Borough of Child current
South New Castle, Borough of Child proposed
Vanport, Township of Child current
Wayne, Township of (Lawrence) Child former
West Beaver, Township of (Beaver, proposed) Child proposed
West Mayfield, Borough of Child current
White, Township of (Beaver) Child current
Windhams, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Woodlawn, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent

Identifier

Detail Type Source Identifier Relationship Web Link
View census US Census Bureau FIPS: County 42007 Lead
View geologic USGS GNIS: Civil 1214112 Lead View
View other Wikidata Q494104 Lead View
View state Pennsylvania DCED: County 04 Lead

Affected Government

Detail How Affected Adverse Government How Adverse Affected Date
View Creation (Within) Allegheny, County of Expansion Mar 12, 1800
View Creation (Within) Allegheny, County of Part Mar 12, 1800
View Creation (Within) Washington, County of Reduction Mar 12, 1800
View Separation Allegheny, County of Reduction Nov 7, 1803
View Reduction Lawrence, County of Creation Sep 1, 1849
View Ascertainment Washington, County of Ascertainment Sep 9, 1878
View Ascertainment Columbiana, County of (OH) Ascertainment 1878–1887
View Ascertainment Hancock, County of (WV) Ascertainment 1878–1887
View Ascertainment Lawrence, County of Ascertainment Feb 7, 1887

Affected Government Form

Detail Government Form Date
View County (Unorganized) Mar 12, 1800
View County Nov 7, 1803
View County, 6th Class Jul 10, 1919
View County, 5th Class Mar 14, 1921
View County, 4th Class Jan 1, 1941

Other Successful Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Tribal Land Cession Pennsylvania 1768 Tribal Land Cession yes+ 1768
View New Township Bedford County 1771 Township Division yes+ Apr 16, 1771
View New Township Westmoreland County 1773 Township Division yes* Apr 6, 1773
View Annexation Northumberland County-Westmoreland County 1785 Annexation yes+ 1785
View New County Allegheny County 1788 Creation yes Sep 24, 1788
View New Township Allegheny County 1788 Township Division yes Dec 18, 1788
View Annexation Washington County-Allegheny County 1789 Annexation yes Sep 17, 1789
View New Township New Sewickley Township-North Sewickley Township 1801 Creation yes+ Mar 24, 1801
View New Township Big Beaver Township-Little Beaver Township 1801 Creation yes+ Dec 1801
View New Borough Beaver Borough 1802 Creation yes Mar 29, 1802
View Annexation Beaver Township-New Sewickley Township 1804 Annexation yes Jan 14, 1804
View New Township Shenango Township 1804 Creation yes* Aug 1804
View New Township Borough Township 1804 Creation yes Nov 1804
View New Township Ohio Township 1805 Creation yes* May 1805
View Annexation Beaver Borough-Borough Township to Ohio Township 1806 Annexation yes Jan 27, 1806
View New Township Beaver County 1812 Township Division yes* 1812
View Boundary Realignment Beaver Borough-Borough Township-Ohio Township 1814 Boundary Realignment yes* Feb 25, 1814
View New Township Brighton Township-Chippewa Township 1816 Creation yes+ 1816
View New Borough Greersburg Borough 1820 Creation yes Mar 28, 1820
View New Township Economy Township 1827 Creation yes* Apr 1827
View New Borough Fallston Borough 1829 Creation yes May 12, 1829
View New Name Darlington Borough 1830 Creation yes Apr 6, 1830
View Separation Fallston Borough 1831 Separation yes Jan 19, 1831
View New Township Raccoon Township 1833 Creation yes* Sep 1833
View New Borough Mount Jackson Borough 1834 Creation yes May 13, 1834
View New Borough Bridgewater Borough 1835 Creation yes Apr 20, 1835
View Dissolution Mount Jackson Borough-North Beaver Township Reconstructed 1836 Dissolution yes? 1836
View New Township Slippery Rock Township 1837 Creation yes* Dec 7, 1837
View New Borough New Brighton Borough 1838 Creation yes May 8, 1838
View New Borough Freedom Borough 1838 Creation yes May 18, 1838
View Separation Freedom Borough 1839 Separation yes Jul 2, 1839
View New Borough Phillipsburg Borough 1840 Creation yes Mar 6, 1840
View New Township Rochester Township 1840 Creation yes Apr 14, 1840
View New Township Patterson Township 1841 Creation yes* Oct 15, 1841
View Boundary Realignment Big Beaver Township-Little Beaver Township 1843 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1843
View New Borough Hookstown Borough 1843 Creation yes Apr 21, 1843
View New Borough Frankfort Springs Borough 1844 Creation yes May 17, 1844
View New Township Marion Township-Perry Township-Wayne Township 1845 Creation yes* Feb 6, 1845
View Election Separation Phillipsburg Borough 1846 Election Separation yes Mar 7, 1846
View New Township Darlington Township 1847 Creation yes* Oct 15, 1847
View New Township Independence Township 1848 Creation yes Oct 19, 1848
View Annexation Ohio Township-South Beaver Township 1848 Annexation yes* Oct 19, 1848
View New Borough Rochester Borough 1849 Creation yes Mar 20, 1849
View Annexation Little Beaver Township-Darlington Township 1849 Annexation yes* Nov 30, 1849
View New Township Franklin Township 1850 Creation yes Feb 28, 1850
View New Borough Georgetown Borough 1850 Creation yes May 17, 1850
View New School District Findlay Township-Hopewell Township-Independence Township-Moon Township 1851 Independent School District yes* 1851
View New Township Harmony Township 1851 Creation yes May 6, 1851
View General Law Hookstown Borough 1852 General Law yes Mar 19, 1852
View Boundary Realignment Brighton Township-Chippewa Township 1853 Boundary Ascertainment yes* Sep 17, 1853
View New Township Pulaski Township 1854 Creation yes* Sep 14, 1854
View New Borough Glasgow Borough 1854 Creation yes Nov 6, 1854
View General Law Fallston Borough 1854 General Law yes Nov 30, 1854
View General Law New Brighton Borough 1855 General Law yes Jun 7, 1855
View General Law Georgetown Borough 1855 General Law yes Nov 30, 1855
View Charter Amendment New Brighton Borough 1855 Charter Amendment yes Dec 27, 1855
View New School District Borough Township 1856 Independent School District yes* 1855–1856
View New Township Industry Township 1856 Creation yes* Feb 7, 1856
View Boundary Realignment Fallston Borough-Patterson Township 1857 Boundary Realignment yes* 1857
View General Law Freedom Borough 1857 General Law yes Jan 28, 1857
View General Law Bridgewater Borough 1859 General Law yes Aug 1, 1859
View Annexation Brighton Township-Borough Township 1860 Annexation yes* May 9, 1860
View New School District Ohio Township-Industry Township 1865 Independent School District yes* 1864–1865
View Annexation Borough Township-Beaver Borough 1866 Annexation yes Apr 11, 1866
View General Law Beaver Borough 1866 General Law yes Nov 16, 1866
View New Borough Saint Clair Borough 1867 Creation yes Mar 25, 1867
View Boundary Realignment Darlington Township-South Beaver Township 1867 Boundary Ascertainment yes* Nov 8, 1867
View Annexation Bridgewater Borough 1868 Annexation yes* 1868
View School District Annexation Brighton Township-Borough Township (Bridgewater Borough) 1868 School District Annexation yes* 1868
View New Borough New Galilee Borough 1868 Creation yes* Jan 15, 1868
View New Borough Baden Borough 1868 Creation yes Apr 1, 1868
View New Borough Beaver Falls Borough 1868 Creation yes Nov 9, 1868
View New School District Moon Township-Raccoon Township 1869 Independent School District yes* 1868–1869
View Annexation Patterson Township-Fallston Borough 1869 Annexation yes* 1869
View Annexation Beaver Borough-Bridgewater Borough 1869 Annexation yes Feb 25, 1869
View Annexation New Sewickley Township-Pulaski Township 1869 Annexation yes* Mar 8, 1869
View Annexation Chippewa Township-Patterson Township 1869 Annexation yes Apr 26, 1869
View New School District Big Beaver Township 1870 Independent School District yes* 1870
View Annexation Greene Township-Georgetown Borough 1870 Annexation yes* 1870
View School District Annexation Greene Township-Hookstown Borough 1870 School District Annexation yes* 1869–1870
View New School District Ohio Township 1870 Independent School District yes* 1870
View Annexation Patterson Township-Chippewa Township 1871 Annexation yes* 1871
View School District Annexation Rochester Township-Freedom Borough 1871 School District Annexation yes* 1870–1871
View General Law Rochester Borough 1871 General Law yes Sep 7, 1871
View New School District Hopewell Township-Independence Township-Moon Township-Raccoon Township 1872 Independent School District yes* 1871–1872
View Annexation Economy Township-Baden Borough 1872 Annexation yes Feb 29, 1872
View Charter Amendment (Executive) Freedom Borough 1872 Charter Amendment (Burgess) yes Mar 22, 1872
View School District Dissolution Hopewell Township-Independence Township-Moon Township-Raccoon Township 1874 Independent School District Dissolution yes* 1874
View General Law Frankfort Springs Borough 1876 General Law yes Dec 6, 1876
View School District Annexation New Sewickley Township-Freedom Borough 1878 School District Annexation yes* 1878
View School District Annexation Brighton Township-Industry Township 1879 School District Annexation yes* 1878–1879
View Boundary Realignment Hopewell Township-Moon Township 1880 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1880
View General Law Phillipsburg Borough 1880 General Law yes Jan 26, 1880
View Annexation Big Beaver Township-New Galilee Borough 1883 Annexation yes* 1883
View Boundary Realignment Big Beaver Township-Darlington Township 1884 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1884
View Boundary Realignment Greene Township-Raccoon Township 1885 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1884–1885
View New Township White Township 1887 Creation yes* Dec 8, 1887
View Annexation Pulaski Township-Rochester Township 1888 Annexation yes* 1887–1888
View Annexation Brighton Township-Industry Township 1891 Annexation yes* 1889–1891
View Annexation Brighton Township-Borough Township 1892 Annexation yes* 1892
View School District Annexation Darlington Township-Chippewa Township 1892 School District Annexation yes* 1892
View Annexation New Sewickley Township-Saint Clair Borough 1892 Annexation yes* 1892
View New Borough College Hill Borough 1892 Creation yes May 2, 1892
View New Borough Eastvale Borough 1892 Creation yes Jul 13, 1892
View New Name Monaca Borough 1892 Creation yes Oct 15, 1892
View General Law Darlington Borough 1893 General Law yes Oct 5, 1893
View Boundary Realignment Beaver Borough-Bridgewater Borough 1894 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1893–1894
View New Township Daugherty Township 1894 Creation yes* Jan 27, 1894
View New Borough Aliquippa Borough 1894 Creation yes Jan 29, 1894
View Annexation Economy Township-New Sewickley Township to Saint Clair Borough 1895 Annexation yes* 1895
View Annexation Rochester Township-Daugherty Township 1896 Annexation yes* 1895–1896
View Dissolution Saint Clair Borough-Freedom Borough 1896 Consolidation yes May 4, 1896
View Annexation Beaver Borough Ordinance 60 yes* 1898
View Township Classification Pennsylvania 1899 Township Classification yes Apr 28, 1899
View New Borough Patterson Heights Borough 1899 Creation yes Jul 6, 1899
View Annexation Freedom Borough Ordinance 56 yes* 1900
View New Borough Conway Borough 1902 Creation yes Jun 20, 1902
View General Law Pennsylvania 1903 Consolidated Borough General Law yes* Feb 26, 1903
View Annexation Georgetown Borough Ordinance 1 yes* Jan 7, 1904
View First Class Township Borough Township 1904 1st Class yes Mar 7, 1904
View New Borough Ambridge Borough 1905 Creation yes Mar 23, 1905
View New Borough Midland Borough 1906 Creation yes Oct 2, 1906
View Annexation Beaver Borough Ordinance 107 yes* Mar 11, 1908
View New Borough East Rochester Borough 1908 Creation yes May 8, 1908
View New Borough Woodlawn Borough 1908 Creation yes Dec 10, 1908
View Annexation Beaver Falls Borough Ordinance 307 yes* 1908–1909
View Annexation Fallston Borough-Patterson Township 1909 Annexation yes* 1909
View Annexation Hopewell Township-Woodlawn Borough 1909 Annexation yes Jun 7, 1909
View New Borough South Heights Borough 1910 Creation yes Mar 16, 1910
View Annexation Hopewell Township-Woodlawn Borough 1910 Annexation yes Jun 1, 1910
View New Borough Homewood Borough 1910 Creation yes Sep 12, 1910
View New Borough Shippingport Borough 1910 Creation yes* Dec 5, 1910
View New School District Murdocksville Independent School District 1911 Creation yes* 1911
View Annexation Woodlawn Borough Ordinance 53 yes Nov 22, 1911
View New Township Potter Township 1912 Creation yes* Jun 7, 1912
View New Borough Koppel Borough 1912 Creation yes* Sep 17, 1912
View Annexation Woodlawn Borough Ordinance 61 yes Sep 23, 1912
View Annexation Ambridge Borough Ordinance 109 yes Apr 9, 1913
View Annexation New Galilee Borough Ordinance 37 yes* 1913–1914
View New Township Center Township 1914 Creation yes* Nov 25, 1914
View Annexation New Brighton Borough Ordinance 432 yes* 1914–1915
View Annexation New Brighton Borough Ordinance 438 and 442 yes* 1915–1916
View Annexation Ambridge Borough Ordinance 147 yes* May 17, 1916
View Annexation Woodlawn Borough Ordinance 145 yes* Dec 8, 1917
View Annexation Ellwood City Borough Ordinance 425 yes* 1917–1918
View Annexation Woodlawn Borough Ordinance 160 yes* Apr 30, 1919
View Annexation Ellwood City Borough Ordinance 497 yes* Feb 11, 1921
View Annexation Woodlawn Borough Ordinance 198 yes* Dec 14, 1921
View First Class Township Patterson Township 1922 1st Class yes* Jan 2, 1922
View Annexation Woodlawn Borough Ordinance 218 yes* Mar 26, 1923
View Annexation Woodlawn Borough Ordinance 227 yes* Jul 2, 1923
View New Borough West Mayfield Borough 1923 Creation yes Aug 29, 1923
View Annexation Woodlawn Borough Ordinance 292 yes* Jun 19, 1926
View Annexation Woodlawn Borough Ordinance 298 yes* Jul 7, 1926
View Annexation Darlington Borough Ordinance 200 yes* Jan 5, 1927
View Annexation Woodlawn Borough Ordinance 323 yes* Sep 21, 1927
View Annexation Big Beaver Township-New Galilee Borough Reconstructed 1883-1928 Annexation yes? 1883–1928
View Dissolution Woodlawn Borough-Aliquippa Borough 1928 Consolidation yes Jan 26, 1928
View New City Beaver Falls City 1930 Creation yes Jan 6, 1930
View Dissolution Moon Township-Monaca Borough 1930 Merger yes* Dec 11, 1930
View First Class Township Rochester Township 1932 1st Class yes Jan 4, 1932
View Annexation Freedom Borough 1940 Resolution yes* May 13, 1940
View Annexation Ellwood City Borough Ordinance 1017 yes* 1941
View Annexation Midland Borough Ordinance 312 yes Sep 10, 1941
View Annexation Ambridge Borough Ordinance 502 yes* Mar 11, 1942
View Annexation Ambridge Borough Ordinance 522 yes Jul 31, 1945
View Annexation Ambridge Borough Ordinance 597 yes Nov 8, 1950
View Annexation Beaver Borough Ordinance 418 yes* 1952
View First Class Township Harmony Township 1953 1st Class yes Jan 5, 1953
View School District Dissolution Murdocksville Independent School District 1954 Dissolution yes* 1954
View First Class Township Hopewell Township 1956 1st Class yes Jan 2, 1956
View Annexation Baden Borough Ordinance 358 yes* May 22, 1957
View New Borough Economy Borough 1958 Creation yes Jan 6, 1958
View Annexation New Galilee Borough Ordinance 101 (Big Beaver Township) yes Mar 7, 1958
View New School District Ellwood City Area School District 1959 Creation yes+ 1958–1959
View Annexation Beaver Borough Ordinance 455 yes* 1960
View New Borough Big Beaver Borough 1960 Creation yes Jan 4, 1960
View New Borough Industry Borough 1960 Creation yes Jan 4, 1960
View Annexation Ambridge Borough Ordinance 731 yes* Jun 13, 1960
View Annexation Monaca Borough Ordinance 528 yes May 16, 1961
View New Borough Ohioville Borough 1962 Creation yes Jan 1, 1962
View Annexation Ellwood City Borough Ordinance 1383 yes May 29, 1962
View Annexation Monaca Borough Ordinance 538 yes May 29, 1962
View Annexation Ellwood City Borough Ordinance 1428 yes* 1963
View Annexation Big Beaver Borough-Koppel Borough 1967 Annexation yes May 31, 1967
View Annexation Ellwood City Borough Ordinance 1587 yes* 1969
View New Name Vanport Township 1971 Creation yes Jan 1, 1971
View Annexation Industry Borough-Midland Borough 1970s Annexation yes* 1974–1978
View New City Aliquippa City 1988 Creation yes Jan 4, 1988
View Boundary Realignment Chippewa Township-Patterson Township 1989 Boundary Realignment yes* 1989
View Boundary Realignment Daugherty Township-Rochester Township 1989 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1986–1989
View Home Rule Beaver Falls City 2022 Home Rule yes* Jan 1, 2022

Government Action

Detail Action Date Approved Effective Location
View Proclamation: [Classifying Borough Township as a first class township] Dec 14, 1903
View Election: [For or against the incorporation of the Borough of Beaver Falls as a city of the third class by the name, style, and title of the City of Beaver Falls] Jul 31, 1913
View Election Nov 6, 1917 Rejected
View Election: [For or against the consolidation of the Borough of Aliquippa and the Borough of Woodlawn into one borough by the name, style, and title of the Borough of Aliquippa] Jan 24, 1928
View Election: "Shall the Boroughs of Beaver Falls and College Hill together become a city of the third class, under the name and title of the 'City of Beaver Falls'?" Nov 6, 1928
View Minute: [Proclamation classifying Pulaski Township as a first class township] Dec 19, 1930 v. 1925-1931, p. 234
View Minute: [Proclamation classifying Rochester Township as a first class township] Dec 19, 1930 v. 1925-1931, p. 233
View Minute: [Proclamation classifying White Township as a first class township] Dec 19, 1930 v. 1925-1931, p. 233–234
View Proclamation: [Classifying Pulaski Township as a first class township] Dec 19, 1930
View Proclamation: [Classifying Rochester Township as a first class township] Dec 19, 1930
View Proclamation: [Classifying White Township as a first class township] Dec 19, 1930
View Election: [For or against Harmony Township becoming a township of the first class] Nov 4, 1952
View Election: "Shall the Township of Hopewell, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, which is a Township of the second Class, become a Township of the first class?" Nov 8, 1955
View Election Nov 4, 1958
View Election: "Shall the Township of Chippewa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, which is a Township of the Second Class become a Township of the First Class?" 1962 Rejected
View Election: "Should the Township name be changed from the present name of Township of Borough to the proposed name Vanport Township" Nov 3, 1970
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a charter commission for the City of Beaver Falls] Nov 2, 1971
View Election: "Shall the Mayor-Council Plan A of the Optional Third Class City Charter Law providing for five (5) councilmen to be elected at large, be adopted by the City of Beaver Falls?" Nov 7, 1972 Rejected
View Election: "Do you favor the annexation by the Borough of Midland of that area of the Borough of Industry known as 'Potter Farm' in return for wchich the Borough of Midland will supply water service to the Industry Borough residents in the Sunrise Hills Area of Industry Borough?" Nov 5, 1974
View Election: "SHALL THE BOROUGH OF ALIQUIPPA BECOME A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF ALIQUIPPA?" Nov 5, 1985
View Election: "SHOULD A PORTION OF THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP AND PATTERSON TOWNSHIP BE CHANGED TO THE FOLLOWING: BEGINNING AT A POINT AT THE EXISTING BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN PATTERSON TOWNSHIP AND CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP ALONG 20TH STREET EXTENSION AS EXTENDED TO MEET THE WESTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ROUTE 51; THENCE BY SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ROUTE 51 (25 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF ROUTE 51), SOUTH TO THE EXISTING DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP AND CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP EXTENDED TO THE EAST TO INTERSECT SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE. EXCEPTING AND RESERVING THEREFROM THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES AS BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED IN CERTAIN DEEDS OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF BEAVER COUNTY BEING: DEED BOOK VOLUME 1294, PAGE 513; DEED BOOK VOLUME 847, PAGE 349; DEED BOOK VOLUME 1080, PAGE 633; DEED BOOK VOLUME 1054, PAGE 483, EXCLUDING PARCEL NO. 3 THEREIN DESCRIBED, WHICH SHALL REMAIN ENTIRELY WITHIN CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP. SO THAT ALL PROPERTY LYING EAST OF THE WESTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ROUTE 51, AND THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTIES IN THE AFORESAID DEEDS WILL EITHER REMAIN OR BECOME PART OF PATTERSON TOWNSHIP, AND ALL PROPERTY LYING WEST OF THE WESTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ROUTE 51, EXCLUDING THE ABOVE PROPERTIES, WILL EITHER REMAIN IN OR BECOME A PART OF CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP?" May 16, 1989
View Election: "Shall the Borough of East Rochester, the Borough of Rochester, and the Township of Rochester consolidate and become a new borough to be called Rochester?" Nov 8, 1994
View Election: "Shall the Borough of Fallston be merged into the Township of Patterson, effective January 6, 2014?" May 21, 2013 Rejected
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the City of Beaver Falls] Jun 2, 2020
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in this Final Report, dated August 19, 2021, of the Government Study Commission and prepared in accordance with 53 PA C.S. Section 29, the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plan Government Law, be adopted by the residents of the City of Beaver Falls?" Nov 2, 2021

Research Log

Detail Type/Notes Log Date Coverage
Deed Grantee Index bk. 1800-1918 (1800–1918)
Deed Grantor Index bk. 1800-1918 (1800–1918)
Election Returns
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 1 (1876–1892)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 2–6 (1892–1910)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 7–19 (1910–1927)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 20 (1927–1928)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 21–22 (1928–1930)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 23 (1930–1931)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 24 (1932–1933)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 25–28 (1934–1940)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 29 (1940–1941)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 30–33 (1942–1952)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 34–37 (1953–1964)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 38 (1964–1966)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 39–40 (1967–1973)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 42–48 (1976–comp)
Miscellaneous Index (Q.Sess.) bk. 6 (1908–1910)
Open Records Request (Classification) Sep 7, 2015
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 3?–8 (1826–1882)
Road Docket bk. 2–3, p. 469 (1844–1870)
Road Docket bk. 3, p. 470–3, end (1870)
Road Docket bk. 4–5 (1871–1902)
Road Docket bk. 6–16 (1902–1968)
Road Docket bk. 17 (1968–1996)
Road Docket bk. 18 (1997–comp)
Road Index
Road Papers bk. 1804–1805 (1804–1805)

National Archives

Detail Source Set Government File Unit From To
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Beaver County 17500449 660 684
View Cns. Mp. 1940 Beaver County 5836796 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Pittsburgh Urbanized Area 34427778 1 1

Other Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View New Township East Beaver Township-West Beaver Township Proposed 1802 Creation unknown 1802
View New Township Beaver Borough-Borough Township Proposed 1807 New Township unknown 1807
View Annexation Ohio Township-Borough Township Proposed 1807 Annexation unknown 1807
View New Township Beaver County Proposed 1811 Township Division (1) no* 1811
View New Township Beaver County Proposed 1811 Township Division (2) no* 1811
View New Township Beaver County Proposed 1812 Township Division unknown 1812
View Annexation North Beaver Township-Ohio Township Proposed 1813 Annexation no 1813–1814
View Boundary Realignment Ohio Township-South Beaver Township Proposed 1818 Boundary Realignment unknown 1818
View New Township New Sewickley Township Proposed 1824 Division unknown 1824
View New Township North Sewickley Township Proposed 1824 Division unknown 1824–1825
View New Township Brighton Township-New Sewickley Township Proposed 1826 New Township unknown 1826
View New Township Brighton Township-Ohio Township-South Beaver Township Proposed 1827 New Township unknown 1827
View Boundary Realignment Ohio Township-South Beaver Township Proposed 1827 Boundary Realignment unknown 1827
View New Township Brighton Township Proposed 1834 Division unknown 1834
View New Township Brighton Township-Ohio Township Proposed 1834 New Township no* 1834
View New Township Hopewell Township Proposed 1836 Division unknown 1836
View New Township Windhams Township Proposed 1836 Creation unknown 1836
View Annexation Fallston Borough Proposed 1843 Annexation unknown 1843
View New Township Hanover Township Proposed 1848 Division no 1848
View New Borough South New Castle Borough Proposed 1848 Creation no 1848–1849
View New Borough Glasgow Borough Proposed 1853 Creation no 1853
View New Township Industry Township Proposed 1853 Creation no 1853
View New Township Baden Township Proposed 1856 Creation no 1856
View Dissolution Glasgow Borough Proposed 1856 Dissolution no 1856
View New School District Glasgow Borough-Ohio Township Proposed 1856 Independent School District no 1856
View New School District Ohio Township-South Beaver Township Proposed 1856 Independent School District no 1856
View New School District Greene Township-Hanover Township-Raccoon Township Proposed 1857 Independent School District no 1857
View New School District Big Beaver Township-Darlington Township Proposed 1859 Independent School District no 1859
View Election Separation Georgetown Borough Proposed 1861 Election Separation unknown 1861–1863
View Boundary Realignment Borough Township-Brighton Township Proposed 1867 Boundary Realignment unknown 1867
View Dissolution Patterson Township-Chippewa Township Proposed 1869 Merger no 1869
View Boundary Realignment Big Beaver Township-Darlington Township Proposed 1870 Boundary Realignment unknown 1870
View Boundary Realignment Chippewa Township-Patterson Township Proposed 1870 Boundary Realignment unknown 1870
View New School District Ohio Township Proposed 1870 Independent School District no 1870
View Boundary Realignment Hanover Township-Independence Township Proposed 1873 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1873
View New Township New Sewickley Township Proposed 1873 Division unknown 1873
View New Township Big Beaver Township Proposed 1874 Division unknown 1874
View School District Annexation Greene Township-Georgetown Borough Proposed 1874 School District Annexation unknown 1874
View Boundary Realignment Hanover Township to Independence Township-Raccoon Township Proposed 1873 Boundary Realignment unknown 1873–1875
View Boundary Realignment Ohio Township-South Beaver Township Proposed 1879 Boundary Realignment unknown 1879
View New School District Economy Township Proposed 1882 Independent School District no* 1882–1884
View Boundary Realignment Greene Township-Hanover Township Proposed 1884 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1884–1888
View New Township Logstown Township Proposed 1890 Creation no 1890
View New Township New Sewickley Township Proposed 1890 Division unknown 1890
View New Township Pulaski Township Proposed 1891 Division no* 1891
View New Township Hopewell Township Proposed 1892 Division unknown 1892
View Boundary Realignment North Sewickley Township-Pulaski Township Proposed 1893 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1893
View New Borough Groveland Borough Proposed 1896 Creation no* 1896
View Boundary Realignment Greene Township-Independence Township-Raccoon Township to Hanover Township Proposed 1897 Boundary Realignment unknown 1897
View Boundary Realignment Greene Township-Raccoon Township to Hanover Township Proposed 1897 Boundary Realignment unknown 1897
View School District Annexation Darlington Township-Darlington Borough Proposed 1898 School District Annexation (1) unknown 1898
View School District Annexation Darlington Township-Darlington Borough Proposed 1898 School District Annexation (2) unknown 1898
View School District Annexation Greene Township-Hookstown Borough Proposed 1898 School District Annexation no* 1898
View Boundary Realignment Greene Township-Independence Township-Raccoon Township to Hanover Township Proposed 1898 Boundary Realignment unknown 1898
View New Township North Sewickley Township Proposed 1902 Division unknown 1902
View Boundary Realignment Monaca Borough-Moon Township Proposed 1903 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1903
View New Borough Ambridge Borough Proposed 1904 Creation (1) no 1904
View First Class Township Harmony Township Proposed 1904 1st Class unknown 1904
View New Borough Ambridge Borough Proposed 1904 Creation (2) no 1904–1905
View Annexation Beaver Borough Ordinance 97 no* 1906–1907
View Annexation Hopewell Township-Aliquippa Borough Proposed 1910 Annexation no 1910
View New Borough Koppel Borough Proposed 1911 Creation no 1911
View New City Beaver Falls City Proposed 1913 Creation no* 1913
View Annexation Bridgewater Borough-Beaver Borough Proposed 1913 Annexation no 1913
View New Borough Colona Borough Proposed 1914 Creation no 1914
View New City Beaver Falls City Proposed 1917 Creation no 1917
View Annexation Harmony Township-Ambridge Borough Proposed 1919 Annexation no* 1919
View Annexation Darlington Borough Ordinance 233 unknown 1929
View New Township Daugherty Township Proposed 1929 Division no 1929
View New Borough Brighton Heights Borough Proposed 1930 Creation no 1930
View First Class Township Pulaski Township Proposed 1930 1st Class no* 1930
View First Class Township White Township Proposed 1930 1st Class no* 1930
View Boundary Realignment Beaver Borough to Bridgewater Borough-Brighton Township Proposed 1934 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1934–1937
View Boundary Realignment Beaver Borough to Bridgewater Borough-Brighton Proposed 1938 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1938
View School District Dissolution Murdocksville Independent School District Proposed 1946 Dissolution no* 1946–1947
View Annexation Conway Borough Ordinance 207 no 1956–1957
View New City Ellwood City City Proposed 1957 Creation no 1957
View Annexation New Galilee Borough Ordinance 101 (Darlington Township) no 1957–1958
View First Class Township Center Township Proposed 1961 1st Class no* 1961
View First Class Township Chippewa Township Proposed 1962 1st Class no* 1962
View Annexation Harmony Township-Ambridge Borough Proposed 1965 Annexation no 1965
View Mayor-Council Form Beaver Falls City Proposed 1971 Optional Charter no 1971–1972
View Home Rule (County) Beaver County Proposed 1984 Home Rule no 1984
View Dissolution East Rochester Borough-Rochester Township to Rochester Borough Proposed 1994 Consolidation no 1994
View Dissolution Fallston Borough-Patterson Township Proposed 2012 Merger no 2012–2013