Government Detail

Summary

Name Level Type/Class Home Rule?
Lebanon, County of county County (Class: 5) no

Detail

Census Creation Date Created Boundary Alteration Count Dissolved
Feb 16, 1813 2

Map

Related

Name Relationship Status
Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Parent current
Annville, Township of Child current
Annville, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Bethel, Township of (Lebanon) Child current
Cleona, Borough of Child current
Cocalico, Township of (Lebanon, defunct) Child most recent
Cold Spring, Township of Child current
Cornwall, Borough of Child current
Cornwall, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
East Hanover, Township of (Lebanon) Child current
East Lebanon, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Elizabeth, Township of (Lebanon, defunct) Child most recent
Heidelberg, Township of (Lebanon) Child current
Jackson, Township of (Lebanon) Child current
Jonestown, Borough of Child current
Lebanon Independent, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Lebanon, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Lebanon, City of Child current
Lebanon, Township of (Lebanon, defunct) Child most recent
Londonderry, Township of (Lebanon, defunct) Child most recent
Milcreek, Township of (Lebanon, alternate) Child variant
Mill Creek, Township of (Lebanon, alternate) Child variant
Millcreek, Township of (Lebanon) Child current
Mount Gretna, Borough of Child current
Mount Joy, Township of (Lebanon, defunct) Child most recent
Myerstown, Borough of Child current
North Annville, Township of Child current
North Cornwall, Township of Child current
North Lebanon, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
North Lebanon, Township of Child current
North Londonderry, Township of Child current
Palmyra, Borough of Child current
Rapho, Township of (Lebanon, defunct) Child most recent
Richland, Borough of Child current
South Annville, Township of Child current
South Lebanon, Township of Child current
South Londonderry, Township of Child current
Swatara, Township of (Lebanon) Child current
Union, Township of (Lebanon) Child current
Warwick, Township of (Lebanon, defunct) Child most recent
Washington, Township of (Lebanon, proposed) Child proposed
West Cornwall, Township of Child current
West Lebanon, Township of Child current

Identifier

Detail Type Source Identifier Relationship Web Link
View census US Census Bureau FIPS: County 42075 Lead
View geologic USGS GNIS: Civil 1214034 Lead View
View other Wikidata Q781165 Lead View
View state Pennsylvania DCED: County 38 Lead

Affected Government

Detail How Affected Adverse Government How Adverse Affected Date
View Creation Dauphin, County of Reduction Feb 16, 1813
View Creation Lancaster, County of Reduction Feb 16, 1813
View Expansion Dauphin, County of Reduction Mar 29, 1821
View Ascertainment Dauphin, County of Ascertainment 1829–1832
View Ascertainment Berks, County of Ascertainment 1855
View Ascertainment Schuylkill, County of Ascertainment 1855
View Expansion Berks, County of Reduction 1865
View Ascertainment Dauphin, County of Ascertainment 1921

Affected Government Form

Detail Government Form Date
View County Feb 16, 1813
View County, 6th Class Jul 10, 1919
View County, 5th Class Jan 1, 1972

Other Successful Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View New Township Lancaster County 1729 Township Division yes+ Aug 5, 1729
View New County Berks County 1752 Creation yes Mar 11, 1752
View New Borough Lebanon Borough 1799 Creation yes Mar 28, 1799
View New Township Jackson Township 1820 Creation yes Apr 5, 1820
View Charter Amendment Lebanon Borough 1821 Charter Amendment yes May 7, 1821
View New Township Swatara Township 1821 Creation yes* 1821
View New Township North Lebanon Township-South Lebanon Township 1840 Creation yes Mar 18, 1840
View New Township Union Township 1842 Creation yes Jul 11, 1842
View New Township Millcreek Township 1844 Creation yes Jan 22, 1844
View New Township Marion Township 1844 Creation yes* Apr 6, 1844
View New Township North Annville Township-South Annville Township 1845 Creation yes Dec 15, 1845
View Annexation Lebanon Borough 1853 Annexation yes Feb 9, 1853
View New Township Cornwall Township 1854 Creation yes Jan 2, 1854
View New Township Cold Spring Township 1854 Creation yes Jan 4, 1854
View New Borough North Lebanon Borough 1855 Creation yes Jan 2, 1855
View Annexation Lebanon Borough 1857 Annexation yes May 12, 1857
View Annexation North Lebanon Borough-North Lebanon Township 1859 Annexation yes Apr 11, 1859
View Annexation North Annville Township-East Hanover Township Reconstructed 1848-1860 Annexation yes? 1848–1860
View Dissolution North Lebanon Borough-Lebanon Borough 1868 Consolidation yes* Apr 17, 1868
View New Borough Jonestown Borough 1870 Creation yes Aug 22, 1870
View New School District North Lebanon Independent School District 1871 Creation yes* 1871
View New Name Lebanon Borough 1872 Name Shortening yes Apr 3, 1872
View New Township North Cornwall Township 1884 Creation yes Aug 29, 1884
View New City Lebanon City 1885 Creation yes Nov 25, 1885
View New Township West Lebanon Township 1889 Creation yes Dec 6, 1889
View Boundary Realignment Bethel Township-North Lebanon Township 1890s Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1891–1892
View Annexation Lebanon City 1895 Ordinance yes* 1895
View Annexation Jackson Township-Millcreek Township 1895 Annexation yes Jun 3, 1895
View New Township North Londonderry Township-South Londonderry Township 1895 Creation yes Oct 19, 1895
View New Township West Cornwall Township 1896 Creation yes Mar 10, 1896
View Township Classification Pennsylvania 1899 Township Classification yes Apr 28, 1899
View Boundary Realignment Bethel Township-Jackson Township 1900s Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1901–1902
View First Class Township West Lebanon Township 1902 1st Class yes Mar 3, 1902
View New Borough Richland Borough 1906 Creation yes Sep 17, 1906
View New Township Annville Township 1909 Creation yes Mar 1, 1909
View First Class Township Annville Township 1912 1st Class yes Jan 1, 1912
View New Borough Myerstown Borough 1912 Creation yes Feb 5, 1912
View Annexation Lebanon City Select Ordinance 19, 1911 yes Mar 28, 1912
View Annexation Lebanon City Select Ordinance 10, 1911-1912 yes May 7, 1912
View New Borough Lebanon Independent Borough 1912 Creation yes Sep 23, 1912
View New Borough Palmyra Borough 1913 Creation yes Nov 10, 1913
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 95, 1913-1915 yes Aug 14, 1914
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 178, 1916-1917 yes Aug 22, 1917
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 223, 1916-1917 yes Jan 7, 1918
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 10, 1918-1919 yes Mar 15, 1918
View Boundary Realignment South Londonderry Township-West Cornwall Township 1920s Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1920–1921
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 14, 1922-1923 yes* Apr 7, 1922
View New Borough Mount Gretna Borough 1926 Creation yes Oct 8, 1926
View New Borough Cornwall Borough 1926 Creation yes Oct 11, 1926
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 93, 1926-1927 yes* Jul 16, 1927
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 107, 1926-1927 yes* Oct 28, 1927
View Annexation Palmyra Borough Ordinance 107 yes* Dec 5, 1927
View New Borough Cleona Borough 1929 Creation yes* Apr 4, 1929
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 35, 1930-1931 yes* May 28, 1931
View Annexation Richland Borough Ordinance 98 yes* May 2, 1936
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 29, 1936-1937 yes* Jun 28, 1937
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 37, 1938-1939 yes May 22, 1939
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 36, 1938-1939 yes Jun 21, 1939
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 38, 1944-1945 yes Jan 17, 1946
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 11, 1946-1947 yes Oct 5, 1946
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 23, 1946-1947 yes Dec 4, 1946
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 31, 1946-1947 yes Dec 4, 1946
View Annexation Richland Borough Ordinance 132 yes Dec 3, 1947
View Annexation Richland Borough Ordinance 133 yes Dec 3, 1947
View Annexation Richland Borough Ordinance 136 yes* Dec 1, 1948
View Annexation Myerstown Borough Ordinance 321 yes Dec 29, 1948
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 76, 1948-1949 yes* Feb 26, 1950
View Dissolution Lebanon City Ordinance 6, 1950-1951 yes* Jan 1, 1951
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 38, 1950-1951 yes Feb 1, 1952
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 61, 1952-1953 yes* Jul 27, 1953
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 31, 1954-1955 yes Dec 11, 1954
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 28, 1954-1955 yes Mar 2, 1955
View Annexation Palmyra Borough Ordinance 235 yes Jul 7, 1955
View Annexation Cornwall Borough Ordinance 149 yes Jan 8, 1958
View Annexation Palmyra Borough Ordinance 281 yes Feb 15, 1962
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 62, 1962-1963 yes Nov 17, 1963
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 10, 1964-1965 yes Apr 23, 1964
View Annexation Palmyra Borough Ordinance 302 yes* Apr 30, 1964
View Annexation Annville Township Ordinance 260 yes Jul 3, 1965
View Annexation Palmyra Borough Ordinance 310 yes* Jul 16, 1965
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 71, 1964-1965 and 4, 1966-1967 yes* Aug 20, 1965
View Annexation Palmyra Borough Ordinance 313 yes* Feb 3, 1966
View Annexation Richland Borough Ordinance 187 yes May 17, 1966
View Annexation Annville Township Ordinance 268 yes Nov 8, 1966
View Annexation Palmyra Borough Ordinance 321 yes Dec 28, 1966
View Annexation Myerstown Borough Ordinance 471 yes* Aug 13, 1968
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 17, 1970-1971 yes Oct 2, 1970
View Annexation South Annville Township-South Londonderry Township 1974 Annexation yes May 31, 1974
View Annexation Annville Township Ordinance 453 yes* Nov 6, 1991
View Home Rule Lebanon City 1994 Home Rule yes Jan 3, 1994
View Boundary Realignment Bethel Township-North Lebanon Township 2005 Boundary Ascertainment yes Apr 12, 2005

Government Action

Detail Action Date Approved Effective Location
View Election: [For or against the consolidation of the Borough of Lebanon and the Borough of North Lebanon into one borough by the name, style, and title of the Borough of Lebanon] Apr 17, 1868
View Election: [For or against the division of Londonderry Township] Apr 9, 1895
View Election: [For or against the division of Cornwall Township] Dec 28, 1895
View Minute: [Proclamation classifying West Lebanon Townships as a first class township] Dec 3, 1901 p. 469
View Proclamation: [Classifying West Lebanon Township as a first class township] Dec 3, 1901
View Election: [For or against the formation of Annville Township] Nov 24, 1908
View Proclamation Jan 1911
View Charter Commission Election: Shall a charter commission of nine members be elected to study the charter and form of government of the City of Lebanon and to consider a new charter and to make recommendations thereon? May 18, 1965
View Election: "SHALL THE MAYOR COUNCIL PLAN A OF THE OPTIONAL THIRD CLASS CITY CHARTER LAW, PROVIDING FOR SEVEN (7) COUNCILMEN TO BE ELECTED AT LARGE, BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF LEBANON?" Nov 8, 1966 Rejected
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a charter commission for the City of Lebanon] May 18, 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 Lebanon?" Apr 25, 1972 Rejected
View Charter Commission Election May 19, 1981 Rejected
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the City of Lebanon] Nov 6, 1990
View Election: "Shall the HOME RULE CHARTER as proposed by the Study Commission be adopted by the City of Lebanon?" Apr 28, 1992

Research Log

Detail Type/Notes Log Date Coverage
Boroughs & Townships Docket bk. 2 (1956–1972)
Election Docket bk. 1891-1913 (1891–1913)
Equity Docket bk. 1869-1914 (1869–1914)
Law Library Visit
Minute Book bk. 9, p. 239 (1909-06-02)–9, p. 464 (1912-02-14) (1909–1912)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 1–7
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 8–11 (1905–1928)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 12–16 (1928–1952)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 17–19 (1952–1960)
Quarter Sessions Index
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 1937–1985 (1937–1985)
Quarter Sessions Papers bk. 1927–1929 (1927–1929)
Quarter Sessions Papers bk. 1939–1946 (1939–1946)
Quarter Sessions Papers bk. 1947–1948 (1947–1948)
Quarter Sessions Papers bk. 1949–1955 (1949–1955)
Quarter Sessions Papers bk. 1961–1969 (1961–1969)
Quarter Sessions Papers bk. 1970 (1970)

National Archives

Detail Source Set Government File Unit From To
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Lebanon County 17500451 748 775
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Lebanon County 17500451 838 838
View Cns. Mp. 1940 Lebanon County 5837789 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Lebanon County 36433186 1 1

Other Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View New Township Washington Township (Lebanon) Proposed 1845 Creation (1) no* 1845
View New Township Washington Township (Lebanon) Proposed 1845 Creation (2) no* 1845
View Boundary Realignment Lancaster County-Lebanon County Proposed 1852 Boundary Realignment unknown 1852
View General Law Lebanon Borough Proposed 1853 General Law unknown 1853
View New Borough Myerstown Borough Proposed 1893 Creation no* 1893
View New Borough East Lebanon Borough Proposed 1895 Creation no+ 1895
View Annexation Lebanon City 1898 Ordinance unknown 1898
View First Class Township Annville Township Proposed 1909 1st Class no 1909
View Annexation Lebanon City Select Bill 17, 1911 no* 1911
View Boundary Realignment Lancaster County-Lebanon County 1912 Boundary Realignment unknown 1912
View Annexation Lebanon City Select Ordinance 16, 1911 no 1911–1912
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 12, 1916-1917 no* 1916
View Annexation Lebanon City Bill 41, 1922-1923 no* 1922
View Boundary Realignment South Annville Township-South Londonderry Township Proposed 1929 Boundary Realignment unknown 1929
View Annexation North Cornwall Township-Lebanon City 1942 Annexation unknown~ 1942
View Annexation Lebanon City Ordinance 72, 1964-1965 no 1965
View Mayor-Council Form Lebanon City Proposed 1964 Optional Charter no 1964–1966
View Mayor-Council Form Lebanon City Proposed 1970 Optional Charter no 1970–1972
View Boundary Realignment North Lebanon Township Proposed 1972 Boundary Realignment unknown 1972
View Home Rule Lebanon City Proposed 1981 Home Rule no* 1981