Government Detail

Summary

Name Level Type/Class Home Rule?
Clarion, County of county County (Class: 6) no

Detail

Census Creation Date Created Boundary Alteration Count Dissolved
Sep 1, 1840 3

Map

Related

Name Relationship Status
Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Parent current
Ashland, Township of Child current
Beaver, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Brady, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Callensburg, Borough of Child current
Clarion, Borough of Child current
Clarion, Township of Child current
Clinton, Township of (Clarion, proposed) Child proposed
Curllsville, Borough of (1853-1874, defunct) Child most recent
Curllsville, Borough of (1875-1957, defunct) Child most recent
Curllsville, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
East Brady, Borough of Child current
Edenburg, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Elk City, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Elk, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Emlenton, Borough of Child current
Farmington, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Foxburg, Borough of Child current
Hawthorn, Borough of Child current
Highland, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Knox, Borough of Child current
Knox, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Licking, Township of Child current
Limestone, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Madison, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Milcreek, Township of (Clarion, alternate) Child variant
Mill Creek, Township of (Clarion, alternate) Child variant
Millcreek, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Monroe, Township of (Clarion) Child current
New Bethlehem, Borough of Child current
Paint, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Perry, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Pinegrove, Township of (Clarion, defunct) Child most recent
Piney, Township of Child current
Porter, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Red Bank, Township of (Clarion, alternate) Child variant
Redbank, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Reimersburg, Borough of (alternate) Child variant
Richland, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Rimersburg, Borough of Child current
Rimersburgh, Borough of (alternate) Child variant
Saint Petersburg, Borough of Child current
Salem, Township of (Clarion) Child current
Shippensville, Borough of (alternate) Child variant
Shippenville, Borough of Child current
Sligo, Borough of Child current
Strattanville, Borough of Child current
Strattonville, Borough of (alternate) Child variant
Toby, Township of Child current
Washington, Township of (Clarion) Child current
West Millville, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent

Identifier

Detail Type Source Identifier Relationship Web Link
View census US Census Bureau FIPS: County 42031 Lead
View geologic USGS GNIS: Civil 1210234 Lead View
View other Wikidata Q494198 Lead View
View state Pennsylvania DCED: County 16 Lead

Affected Government

Detail How Affected Adverse Government How Adverse Affected Date
View Creation Armstrong, County of Reduction Sep 1, 1840
View Creation Venango, County of Reduction Sep 1, 1840
View Reduction Venango, County of Expansion 1854
View Expansion Venango, County of Reduction Jan 17, 1938
View Reduction Venango, County of Expansion Apr 5, 1938

Affected Government Form

Detail Government Form Date
View County Sep 1, 1840
View County, 7th Class Jul 10, 1919
View County, 6th Class Dec 9, 1974

Other Successful Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Annexation Northumberland County-Westmoreland County 1785 Annexation yes+ 1785
View New Township Venango County 1806 Township Division yes+ Jun 1806
View New Borough Clarion Borough 1840 Creation yes May 14, 1840
View New Township Limestone Township 1842 Creation yes+ 1842
View New Township Porter Township 1842 Creation yes+ 1842
View New Township Washington Township 1843 Creation yes* 1843
View New Township Highland Township 1848 Creation yes* 1848
View New Township Piney Township 1848 Creation yes+ 1848
View New Township Licking Township 1851 Creation yes+ 1851
View New Borough Callensburg Borough 1851 Creation yes Feb 18, 1851
View New Borough Strattanville Borough 1851 Creation yes Feb 21, 1851
View Annexation Clarion Township-Strattanville Borough 1851 Annexation yes Apr 14, 1851
View General Law Callensburg Borough 1852 General Law yes Feb 6, 1852
View New Township Millcreek Township 1853 Creation yes+ 1853
View New Borough Curllsville Borough 1853 Creation yes Jan 19, 1853
View New Borough Rimersburg Borough 1853 Creation yes Jan 20, 1853
View New Borough New Bethlehem Borough 1853 Creation yes Feb 18, 1853
View New Township Knox Township (Clarion) 1853 Creation yes* May 7, 1853
View New Township Ashland Township 1856 Creation yes* 1856
View New Township Salem Township 1856 Creation yes* 1856
View Boundary Realignment Limestone Township-Monroe Township 1861 Boundary Realignment yes* 1860–1861
View Annexation New Bethlehem Borough-Porter Township 1862 Annexation yes* 1862
View Annexation Strattanville Borough-Clarion Township 1862 Annexation yes Apr 5, 1862
View Annexation Rimersburg Borough-Toby Township 1863 Annexation yes* 1863
View Annexation Clarion Township-Strattanville Borough 1864 Annexation yes Apr 13, 1864
View New Township Brady Township 1866 Creation yes* 1866
View New Borough East Brady Borough 1869 Creation yes* May 31, 1869
View School District Annexation Clarion Township-Corsica Borough 1872 School District Annexation yes* 1872
View New Borough Saint Petersburg Borough 1872 Creation yes Feb 13, 1872
View General Law Clarion Borough 1873 General Law yes* 1873
View Dissolution Curllsville Borough-Monroe Township 1874 Merger yes* Jan 20, 1874
View New Borough Curllsville Borough 1875 Creation yes* Jan 25, 1875
View New Borough Edenburg Borough 1876 Creation yes* Nov 24, 1876
View General Law Strattanville Borough 1877 General Law yes Apr 23, 1877
View New Borough Sligo Borough 1878 Creation yes* Aug 30, 1878
View New Borough West Millville Borough 1881 Creation yes Dec 8, 1881
View Annexation Clarion Borough 1884 Annexation yes* 1884
View New Borough Shippenville Borough 1890 Creation yes Feb 12, 1890
View Annexation Rimersburg Borough-Toby Township 1898 Annexation yes Jul 8, 1898
View Township Classification Pennsylvania 1899 Township Classification yes Apr 28, 1899
View General Law Callensburg Borough 1902 General Law yes May 26, 1902
View New Name Hawthorn Borough 1903 Creation yes* Aug 25, 1903
View Annexation Clarion Borough 1910 Ordinance yes* 1910
View Annexation Curllsville Borough 1910 Ordinance yes Sep 19, 1910
View New School District Foxburg Independent School District 1911 Creation yes* 1911
View Annexation Callensburg Borough 1923 Ordinance yes* 1923
View Annexation Clarion Borough 1924 Ordinance yes* 1924
View Annexation Paint Township-Highland Township 1924 Annexation yes* 1923–1924
View Annexation Rimersburg Borough 1923 Ordinance yes* 1923–1924
View Annexation Rimersburg Borough 1924 Ordinance yes* 1924
View Annexation Clarion Borough 1925 Ordinance yes* 1925
View Annexation New Bethlehem Borough 1929 Ordinance yes* 1929
View School District Dissolution Foxburg Independent School District 1930 Dissolution yes* 1930
View New Borough Foxburg Borough 1930 Creation yes Feb 6, 1930
View Boundary Realignment Madison Township-Toby Township 1933 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1933
View Boundary Realignment Perry Township-Toby Township 1933 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1933
View New Name Knox Borough 1933 Creation yes Oct 3, 1933
View Annexation Clarion Borough 1939 Ordinance yes* 1939
View Boundary Realignment Licking Township-Toby Township 1940s Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1942–1947
View Annexation Rimersburg Borough 1947 Ordinance yes* 1947–1948
View Annexation New Bethlehem Borough Ordinance 542 yes Aug 23, 1948
View Annexation New Bethlehem Borough Ordinance 546 yes Sep 14, 1949
View Annexation Clarion Borough 1951 Ordinance yes Jan 28, 1952
View Annexation Clarion Borough 1953 Ordinance yes* 1953
View Annexation Clarion Borough Ordinance 356 yes* 1954
View Annexation New Bethlehem Borough Ordinance 595 yes Nov 23, 1955
View Dissolution Curllsville Borough-Monroe Township 1958 Merger yes Jan 6, 1958
View Annexation Shippenville Borough Ordinance 85 yes May 23, 1962
View Annexation Knox Borough 1966 Ordinance yes* 1966
View Annexation Clarion Borough Ordinance 458 yes* 1967
View Annexation Clarion Borough Ordinance 470 yes* 1969
View Annexation Emlenton Borough Ordinance 192 yes* 1970
View Annexation Beaver Township-Knox Borough 1977 Annexation yes* 1977
View New School District East Brady Independent School District 1992 Creation yes* 1991–1993

Government Action

Detail Action Date Approved Effective Location
View Election: "Shall the Borough Charter of the Borough of Curllsville, County of Clarion and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, be annulled and the territory embraced within the Borough of Curllsville revert to and become a part of the Township of Monroe, County of Clarion and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" Nov 5, 1957
View Resolution: [Classifying Clarion County as a sixth class county] Dec 9, 1974
View Election: "DO YOU APPROVE OF THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 3.97 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN BEAVER TOWNSHIP, OWNED BY THE BOROUGH OF KNOX, TO THE BOROUGH OF KNOX?" Nov 8, 1977

Research Log

Detail Type/Notes Log Date Coverage
Agreement Grantee Index (Rec.Dd.) bk. 1 (1860s–unk)
Election Docket bk. 1 (1840–1856)
Law Library Visit
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 1841-1860–1860-1877 (1841–1877)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 3–13 (1877–1980)
Quarter Sessions Minutes bk. 1861-1871 (1861–1871)
Quarter Sessions Papers bk. 1871-1874 (1871–1874)
Road Docket bk. 1A (1840–1871)
Road Docket bk. 1B (1879–1888)
Road Docket bk. 2–4 (1888–1989)

National Archives

Detail Source Set Government File Unit From To
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Clarion County 17500450 697 700
View Cns. Mp. 1940 Clarion County 5837196 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Clarion County 36432886 1 1

Other Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Annexation Farmington Township-Knox Township Proposed 1863 Annexation unknown 1863
View New School District Madison Township Proposed 1871 Independent School District unknown 1871
View Annexation Licking Township-Beaver Township Proposed 1871 Annexation no* 1871–1872
View Dissolution Curllsville Borough-Monroe Township Proposed 1873 Merger no* 1873
View Annexation Clarion Borough Proposed 1873 Annexation no 1873–1874
View New Township Curllsville Township Proposed 1874 Creation no 1874
View New Borough Elk City Borough Proposed 1877 Creation no 1877
View New Township Farmington Township Proposed 1877 Division no 1877–1878
View New Township Madison Township Proposed 1879 Division no 1879
View New Township Redbank Township Proposed 1879 Division no 1879
View New Township Beaver Township-Licking Township Proposed 1882 New Township no 1882–1883
View Annexation Sligo Borough Proposed 1885 Detachment no 1885
View Boundary Realignment Clarion County-Forest County 1894 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1894
View New Township Perry Township Proposed 1889 Division no 1889–1899
View New Township Clarion Township Proposed 1907 Division no 1907–1908
View Annexation New Bethlehem Borough 1935 Ordinance unknown 1935
View Annexation Hawthorn Borough-Redbank Township Proposed 1940 Annexation no 1940
View Annexation Redbank Township-Hawthorn Borough Proposed 1949 Annexation no 1949
View Annexation Clarion Borough Ordinance 397 and 400 no* 1959–1960
View Annexation Clarion Borough Ordinance 409 no 1961–1962
View Annexation Clarion Borough Ordinance 410 no 1961–1962
View Annexation Clarion Borough Ordinance 468 no 1968–1971
View New School District East Brady Independent School District Proposed 1992 Creation no* 1992–1993