Government Detail
Summary
Name | Level | Type/Class | Home Rule? |
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Northampton, County of | county | County (Class: 3) | yes |
Detail
Census Creation Date | Created | Boundary Alteration Count | Dissolved |
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Mar 11, 1752 | 7 |
Map
Related
Identifier
Detail | Type | Source | Identifier | Relationship | Web Link |
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View | census | US Census Bureau FIPS: County | 42095 | Lead | |
View | geologic | USGS GNIS: Civil | 1209185 | Lead | View |
View | other | Wikidata | Q495658 | Lead | View |
View | state | Pennsylvania DCED: County | 48 | Lead |
Affected Government
Detail | How Affected | Adverse Government | How Adverse Affected | Date |
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View | Creation | Bucks, County of | Reduction | Mar 11, 1752 |
View | Expansion | Tribal (placeholder) | Reduction | 1768 |
View | Reduction | Northumberland, County of | Creation | Mar 21, 1772 |
View | Swap | Luzerne, County of | Swap | Apr 17, 1795 |
View | Reduction | Wayne, County of | Creation | Mar 21, 1798 |
View | Reduction | Schuylkill, County of | Creation | Mar 1, 1811 |
View | Reduction | Lehigh, County of | Creation | Mar 6, 1812 |
View | Swap | Lehigh, County of | Swap | 1813 |
View | Reduction | Monroe, County of | Creation | Apr 1, 1836 |
View | Reduction | Carbon, County of | Creation | Sep 1, 1843 |
View | Ascertainment | Carbon, County of | Ascertainment | 1855 |
View | Ascertainment | Monroe, County of | Ascertainment | 1855 |
View | Ascertainment | Lehigh, County of | Ascertainment | May 4, 1982 |
View | Reference | Lehigh, County of | Reference | May 4, 1982 |
Affected Government Form
Detail | Government Form | Date |
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View | County | Mar 11, 1752 |
View | County, 5th Class | Jul 10, 1919 |
View | County, 4th Class | Mar 14, 1921 |
View | County, 4th Class (Home Rule Charter) | Jan 2, 1978 |
View | County, 3rd Class (Home Rule Charter) | Jan 1, 1982 |
Other Successful Event Links
Detail | Type | Description | Successful? | Date |
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View | New Township | Towamensing Township 1752 Creation | yes+ | 1752 |
View | Charter Revival | Mount Bethel Township 1753 Charter Revival | yes+ | 1753 |
View | New Township | Weisenberg Township 1753 Creation | yes+ | 1753 |
View | New Township | Whitehall Township 1753 Creation | yes+ | Mar 20, 1753 |
View | New Township | Lynn Township 1753 Creation | yes+ | Jun 9, 1753 |
View | New Township | Salisbury Township 1753 Creation | yes+ | Jun 9, 1753 |
View | New Township | Lowhill Township 1753 Creation | yes+ | Dec 18, 1753 |
View | New Town | Easton Town 1755 Creation | yes+ | 1755 |
View | Charter Revival | Allen Township 1761 Charter Revival | yes+ | 1761 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Bethlehem Township-Forks Township 1761 Boundary Realignment | yes+ | 1761 |
View | New Township | Hamilton Township 1762 Creation | yes+ | Dec 24, 1762 |
View | New Township | Plainfield Township 1763 Creation | yes* | 1763 |
View | New Township | Chestnuthill Township 1763 Creation | yes+ | 1763 |
View | New Township | Moore Township 1765 Creation | yes+ | 1765 |
View | New Township | Delaware Township 1767 Creation | yes* | Jun 16, 1767 |
View | New Township | Penn Township 1768 Creation | yes* | Sep 20, 1768 |
View | New State | Declaration of Independence and Royal Charter Abrogation | yes | Jul 4, 1776 |
View | New Township | Lower Mount Bethel Township-Upper Mount Bethel Township 1787 Creation | yes* | Sep 1787 |
View | New Township | Nazareth Township 1788 Creation | yes* | Jun 1788 |
View | New Borough | Easton Borough 1789 Creation | yes | Sep 23, 1789 |
View | New Township | Middle Smithfield Township 1794 Creation | yes+ | Nov 1794 |
View | New Township | Northampton Township 1795 Creation | yes* | Aug 1795 |
View | New Township | Matlack Township 1798 Creation | yes+ | 1798 |
View | Dissolution | Middle Smithfield Township-Smithfield Township 1798 Merger | yes+ | 1798 |
View | New Township | Hanover Township 1798 Creation | yes+ | Aug 8, 1798 |
View | New Township | East Penn Township-Lausanne Township-Rush Township-West Penn Township 1807 Creation | yes | Jan 21, 1807 |
View | New Township | Lower Nazareth Township-Upper Nazareth Township 1807 Creation | yes+ | Apr 22, 1807 |
View | New Township | North Whitehall Township-South Whitehall Township 1810 Creation | yes+ | Nov 22, 1810 |
View | New Borough | Northampton Borough 1811 Creation | yes | May 6, 1811 |
View | New Township | Bushkill Township 1813 Creation | yes+ | Aug 13, 1813 |
View | New Borough | Stroudsburg Borough 1815 Creation | yes | Feb 6, 1815 |
View | New Township | Ross Township 1816 Creation | yes+ | 1816 |
View | New Township | Pocono Township 1816 Creation | yes+ | Nov 1816 |
View | New Township | Stroud Township 1817 Creation | yes+ | Jan 22, 1817 |
View | New Township | Tobyhanna Township 1819 Creation | yes+ | 1819 |
View | New Township | Mauch Chunk Township 1827 Creation | yes+ | Aug 23, 1827 |
View | Charter Amendment | Easton Borough 1828 Charter Amendment | yes* | Apr 11, 1828 |
View | Annexation | Mauch Chunk Township 1800s Annexation | yes+ | 1827–1836 |
View | New Borough | South Easton Borough 1840 Creation | yes | Jul 8, 1840 |
View | New Township | Lower Towamensing Township-Upper Towamensing Township 1841 Creation | yes+ | 1841 |
View | New Township | Banks Township 1841 Creation | yes* | Nov 19, 1841 |
View | New Township | Mahoning Township 1842 Creation | yes+ | 1842 |
View | New Township | East Allen Township 1845 Creation | yes* | Mar 14, 1845 |
View | New Borough | Bethlehem Borough 1845 Creation | yes | Mar 24, 1845 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Lower Saucon Township-Williams Township 1846 Boundary Ascertainment | yes* | 1846 |
View | General Law | Bethlehem Borough 1854 General Law | yes | Jan 27, 1854 |
View | New School District | Lower Mount Bethel Township 1856 Independent School District | yes* | 1855–1856 |
View | New Borough | Bath Borough 1856 Creation | yes | Feb 5, 1856 |
View | New Borough | Freemansburg Borough 1856 Creation | yes | Feb 6, 1856 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem Township-Bethlehem Borough 1856 Annexation | yes | Mar 24, 1856 |
View | New Borough | Nazareth Borough 1858 Creation | yes | Aug 25, 1858 |
View | New Township | Palmer Township 1859 Creation | yes* | May 16, 1859 |
View | New Borough | South Bethlehem Borough 1865 Creation | yes | Aug 24, 1865 |
View | New Borough | Chapman Borough 1865 Creation | yes | Nov 3, 1865 |
View | General Law | South Easton Borough 1865 General Law | yes | Nov 20, 1865 |
View | New School District | Centreville Independent School District 1867 Creation | yes* | 1857–1867 |
View | New Borough | Glendon Borough 1868 Creation | yes | Jan 3, 1868 |
View | New Township | Washington Township 1871 Creation | yes* | Apr 25, 1871 |
View | New Borough | Hellertown Borough 1872 Creation | yes | Mar 26, 1872 |
View | School District Dissolution | Centreville Independent School District 1875 Dissolution | yes* | 1872–1875 |
View | New Borough | Bangor Borough 1875 Creation | yes | May 5, 1875 |
View | New Borough | Portland Borough 1876 Creation | yes | Nov 14, 1876 |
View | New Borough | Pen Argyl Borough 1882 Creation | yes | Jun 12, 1882 |
View | Annexation | Glendon Borough-Williams Township 1882 Annexation | yes | Aug 21, 1882 |
View | Annexation | Easton Borough 1883 Annexation | yes | Aug 30, 1883 |
View | New Borough | East Bangor Borough 1884 Creation | yes | Apr 30, 1884 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Plainfield Township-Washington Township 1887 Boundary Ascertainment | yes* | 1887 |
View | New City | Easton City 1887 Creation | yes | Jan 12, 1887 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Lower Saucon Township-South Bethlehem Borough 1888 Boundary Ascertainment | yes* | 1888 |
View | Annexation | Lower Saucon Township-South Bethlehem Borough 1890 Annexation | yes | Jan 14, 1890 |
View | Annexation | Williams Township-South Easton Borough 1890 Annexation | yes | Apr 16, 1890 |
View | Annexation | Plainfield Township-Pen Argyl Borough 1890 Annexation | yes | Aug 19, 1890 |
View | Annexation | Upper Mount Bethel Township-East Bangor Borough Reconstructed 1884-1892 Annexation | yes? | 1884–1892 |
View | Annexation | Upper Mount Bethel Township-Washington Township to East Bangor Borough 1892 Annexation | yes* | 1892 |
View | New Borough | Tatamy Borough 1893 Creation | yes | Jun 13, 1893 |
View | New Borough | Wind Gap Borough 1893 Creation | yes | Jun 26, 1893 |
View | Wards | Bangor Borough 1895 Wards | yes* | 1895 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Common Ordinance 653 | yes | Jan 17, 1896 |
View | Annexation | Plainfield Township-Wind Gap Borough 1897 Annexation | yes* | 1897 |
View | New Borough | West Easton Borough 1898 Creation | yes | Jun 20, 1898 |
View | Annexation | Washington Township-Bangor Borough 1898 Annexation | yes | Jul 5, 1898 |
View | Dissolution | South Easton Borough-Easton City 1898 Merger | yes | Aug 19, 1898 |
View | Annexation | Bangor Borough Ordinance 35 | yes* | 1899 |
View | Township Classification | Pennsylvania 1899 Township Classification | yes | Apr 28, 1899 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Bangor Borough-Washington Township 1900 Boundary Ascertainment | yes* | 1900 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Common Ordinance 989 | yes | Mar 6, 1900 |
View | Annexation | Nazareth Borough Ordinance 48 | yes | Jun 25, 1900 |
View | New Borough | Stockertown Borough 1900 Creation | yes | Dec 19, 1900 |
View | Annexation | Nazareth Borough Ordinance 53 | yes* | 1900–1901 |
View | New Borough | Northampton Heights Borough 1901 Creation | yes | Feb 20, 1901 |
View | New Borough | Alliance Borough 1901 Creation | yes | May 8, 1901 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Common Ordinance 1112 | yes | Mar 22, 1902 |
View | Dissolution | West Bethlehem Borough-Bethlehem Borough 1904 Consolidation | yes | Aug 16, 1904 |
View | Annexation | Tatamy Borough 1904 Ordinance | yes | Sep 30, 1904 |
View | Annexation | Stockertown Borough 1906 Ordinance | yes | Nov 24, 1906 |
View | Annexation | Freemansburg Borough 1907 Ordinance | yes* | 1907 |
View | New Borough | North Catasauqua Borough 1907 Creation | yes | Jun 17, 1907 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Select Ordinance 335 | yes | Jun 30, 1908 |
View | New Borough | Walnutport Borough 1909 Creation | yes | Feb 25, 1909 |
View | New Name | Northampton Borough 1909 Creation | yes | Apr 19, 1909 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Common Ordinance 1557 | yes | Jun 29, 1909 |
View | Annexation | Chapman Borough 1910 Ordinance | yes* | 1910 |
View | Annexation | Bath Borough Ordinance 72 | yes* | 1911–1912 |
View | Annexation | West Easton Borough 1912 Ordinance | yes* | 1912 |
View | New Borough | Roseto Borough 1912 Creation | yes | Jan 11, 1912 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Bangor Borough-Roseto Borough 1913 Boundary Ascertainment | yes* | 1912–1913 |
View | First Class Township | Wilson Township 1913 1st Class | yes* | 1913 |
View | New Township | Wilson Township 1913 Creation | yes | Feb 10, 1913 |
View | Annexation | Bath Borough Ordinance 81 | yes* | 1914 |
View | New City | Bethlehem City 1918 Creation | yes | Jan 7, 1918 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem City Ordinance 22 | yes* | Feb 15, 1918 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem City Ordinance 59 | yes* | Sep 6, 1918 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem City Ordinance 71 | yes* | Nov 1, 1918 |
View | Annexation | Hellertown Borough Ordinance 79 | yes* | 1919 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem City Ordinance 105 | yes* | Jun 6, 1919 |
View | Dissolution | Bethlehem City Ordinance 70 | yes | Mar 2, 1920 |
View | New Borough | Wilson Borough 1920 Creation | yes* | Jul 12, 1920 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 497 | yes* | May 19, 1922 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 539 | yes? | Mar 1, 1923 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 555 | yes* | Jul 27, 1923 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 708 | yes* | Aug 17, 1928 |
View | Annexation | Nazareth Borough Ordinance 175 | yes | Mar 5, 1929 |
View | Annexation | Glendon Borough-Williams Township Reconstructed 1868-1930 Annexation | yes? | 1868–1930 |
View | Annexation | Hellertown Borough Ordinance 122 | yes* | 1930 |
View | Annexation | Bath Borough Ordinance 111 | yes* | 1930–1931 |
View | Annexation | Nazareth Borough Ordinance 207 | yes* | 1935 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 915 | yes* | Jan 25, 1935 |
View | Annexation | Stockertown Borough 1935 Ordinance | yes* | Apr 15, 1935 |
View | Annexation | Bangor Borough Ordinance 363 | yes* | 1938 |
View | Annexation | Bath Borough 1937 Ordinance (Case 1) | yes | Feb 7, 1938 |
View | Annexation | Bath Borough 1937 Ordinance (Case 2) | yes | Feb 7, 1938 |
View | Annexation | Stockertown Borough 1940 Ordinance | yes* | Apr 23, 1940 |
View | Annexation | Hellertown Borough Ordinance 153 | yes | Nov 12, 1940 |
View | Annexation | Stockertown Borough 1941 Ordinance | yes | Jun 12, 1941 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem City Ordinance 895 | yes* | 1942 |
View | Annexation | Bangor Borough Ordinance 389 | yes* | Nov 6, 1946 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Walnutport Borough-Lehigh Township 1952 Boundary Ascertainment | yes* | 1952 |
View | Annexation | Stockertown Borough Ordinance 80 | yes* | May 16, 1952 |
View | Annexation | Nazareth Borough Ordinance 260 | yes | May 28, 1956 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem City Ordinance 1531 | yes* | 1958 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1563 | yes* | Jul 31, 1958 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1564 | yes* | Jul 31, 1958 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem City Ordinance 1620 | yes* | 1959–1960 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Resolution 117 of 1960 | yes | Jun 20, 1960 |
View | Annexation | East Bangor Borough Ordinance 124 | yes | Jul 11, 1960 |
View | Annexation | Roseto Borough Ordinance 123 | yes | Feb 9, 1961 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem City Ordinance 1679 | yes | Mar 13, 1961 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1689 | yes | May 11, 1961 |
View | Annexation | Palmer Township Ordinance 37 | yes | Nov 8, 1961 |
View | Mayor-Council Form | Bethlehem City 1962 Optional Charter | yes | Jan 1, 1962 |
View | First Class Township | Bethlehem Township 1963 1st Class | yes | Jan 7, 1963 |
View | Annexation | Wind Gap Borough Ordinance 215 | yes | Oct 7, 1963 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1611 | yes* | Oct 9, 1963 |
View | Annexation | Roseto Borough Ordinance 133 | yes | Jan 27, 1964 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1797 and 1818 | yes* | May 21, 1964 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1823 | yes | May 18, 1965 |
View | Annexation | Walnutport Borough Ordinance 159 | yes | May 19, 1965 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1877 | yes* | Jun 4, 1965 |
View | Annexation | Pen Argyl Borough Ordinance 339 | yes* | 1966 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1976 | yes* | Nov 15, 1967 |
View | Annexation | Palmer Township Ordinance 87 | yes* | 1967–1969 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1784 | yes | Jun 11, 1970 |
View | Mayor-Council Form | Easton City 1972 Optional Charter | yes | Jan 3, 1972 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 2158 | yes* | Sep 10, 1972 |
View | Annexation | East Bangor Borough Ordinance 211 | yes* | 1973 |
View | Council-Manager Form | Lower Saucon Township 1976 Optional Plan | yes | Jan 5, 1976 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Northampton Borough-North Catasauqua Borough 1984 Boundary Realignment | yes* | 1983–1984 |
View | Plat Recording | Tatamy Borough Ordinance 132-1986 | yes* | 1986 |
View | Annexation | Washington Township-East Bangor Borough 1991 Annexation | yes* | 1991 |
View | Annexation | Washington Township-Roseto Borough 1996 Annexation | yes* | 1996 |
View | Annexation | Washington Township-Bangor Borough 1998 Annexation | yes* | 1998 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Allen Township-Northampton Borough 2004 Boundary Realignment | yes* | 2004 |
View | Annexation | Allen Township-Northampton Borough 2006 Annexation | yes | Mar 10, 2006 |
View | Home Rule | Easton City 2008 Home Rule | yes | Jan 2, 2008 |
View | Annexation | Upper Mount Bethel Township-East Bangor Borough 2011 Annexation | yes* | 2011 |
Government Action
Detail | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
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View | Treasurer Account: "To [Cash] paid Collr. of Easton" | Sep 18, 1755 | v. 1754-1770, p. 11 | ||
View | Election: [For or against the incorporation of the Borough of Bethlehem as a city of the third class by the name, style, and title of the City of Bethlehem] | Nov 2, 1915 | |||
View | Election: [For or against the incorporation of the Borough of South Bethlehem as a city of the third class by the name, style, and title of the City of South Bethlehem] | Nov 2, 1915 | |||
View | Election: [For or against the incorporation of the Municipality of Bethlehem and the Municipality of South Bethlehem as a city of the third class by the name, style, and title of the City of Bethlehem] | Jul 10, 1917 | |||
View | Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a charter commission for the City of Bethlehem] | Nov 4, 1958 | |||
View | Election: "Shall Mayor-Council Plan A of the Optional Third Class City Charter Law, providing for seven councilmen to be elected at large, be adopted by the City of Bethlehem?" | Nov 3, 1959 | |||
View | Election: [For or against the election of a charter commission for the City of Easton] | 1961 | |||
View | Election: "SHALL THE TOWNSHIP OF BETHLEHEM BECOME A TOWNSHIP OF THE FIRST CLASS?" | Nov 6, 1962 | |||
View | Election: "SHALL THE COUNCIL-MANAGER PLAN OF THE OPTIONAL THIRD CLASS CITY CHARTER LAW, PROVIDING FOR FIVE COUNCILMEN TO BE ELECTED AT LARGE BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF EASTON?" | Nov 6, 1962 | Rejected | ||
View | Election: "SHALL THE TOWNSHIP OF PALMER BECOME A TOWNSHIP OF THE FIRST CLASS?" | Nov 6, 1962 | Rejected | ||
View | Election: [For or against the election of a charter commission for the City of Easton] | Nov 4, 1969 | |||
View | Election: "Shall Mayor-Council Plan A of the Optional Third Class City Charter Law, providing for five councilmen to be elected at large, be adopted by the City of Easton?" | Nov 3, 1970 | |||
View | Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for Lower Saucon Township] | Nov 7, 1972 | |||
View | Election: "SHALL THE COUNCIL-MANAGER PLAN INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS PERTAINING TO OPTIONAL PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT STUDY COMMISSION, DATED AUGUST 7, 1973, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE HOME RULE CHARTER AND OPTIONAL PLANS LAW, BE ADOPTED BY THE VOTERS OF LOWER SAUCON TOWNSHIP?" | Nov 6, 1973 | |||
View | Charter Commission Election: "Shall a Government study Commission of eleven be elected to study the Charter and plan of Government of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, to study and consider the advisability of adoption of an optional plan of Government or a Home Rule Charter and to recommend whether or not an optional form of Government or a Home Rule Charter should be adopted?" | May 21, 1974 | |||
View | Election | Nov 5, 1974 | Rejected | ||
View | Charter Commission Final Report: [Recommending the adoption of a home rule charter for the County of Northampton] | Jan 9, 1976 | Jan 2, 1978 | ||
View | Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report, dated January 9, 1976, of the Government Study Commission prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by Northampton County?" | Apr 27, 1976 | |||
View | Election: "Shall the properties situate within the Township of Williams, Northampton County, Pennsylvania designated by Northampton County Tax Assessment Office as Parcels Nos. M10 3 1, M10 3 41, M10 3 39, M9 17 1, M9 17 14, M9 3 40, M9 17 16, M10 17 2, M10 17 2A, M10 17 3, M10 17 5, M10 17 4, M10 3 1A, M10 3 2, M10 3 3, M10 3 3B, M10 3 3A, M10 3 4, M10 3 5, M9 17 6, M9 17 7, M9 17 7A, M9 17 8, M9 17 10, M9 17 11, M9 17 12, and M9 17 13 be annexed to, and become a part of the City of Easton, a Third Class City situate within Northampton County, Pennsylvania?" | Nov 7, 1989 | Rejected | ||
View | Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the City of Easton] | May 16, 2006 | |||
View | Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report dated July 31, 2007 of the City of Easton Home Rule Charter Government Study Commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by the City of Easton" | Nov 6, 2007 |
Research Log
Detail | Type/Notes | Log Date | Coverage |
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Boroughs & Townships Papers | |||
Continuance Docket | bk. 108, p. 502–109 (1913–1914) | ||
Equity Docket | bk. 3–4 (1889–1920) | ||
Law Library Visit | |||
Quarter Sessions Docket | bk. 15–18 | ||
Quarter Sessions Docket | bk. 20 | ||
Quarter Sessions Docket | bk. 9–14 | ||
Quarter Sessions Docket | bk. 1–8 | ||
Quarter Sessions Docket | bk. 1846-1851–1852-1857 (1846–1857) | ||
Quarter Sessions Docket | bk. 1858-1864–1864-1869 (1858–1869) | ||
Quarter Sessions Docket | bk. 1869-1874–1874-1878 (1869–1878) | ||
Quarter Sessions Minutes | bk. 1 | ||
Road Docket | bk. D–2 (1760–1798) | ||
Road Docket | bk. 3 (1798–1804) | ||
Road Docket | bk. 11–16 (1912–1944) | ||
Road Docket | bk. 5, p. 1–5, p. 210 (5–1818) | ||
Road Papers | bk. Box 2–Box 6 (1700s–1900s) |
National Archives
Detail | Source | Set | Government | File Unit | From | To |
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View | 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. | Northampton County | 17500452 | 47 | 55 | |
View | Cns. Mp. | 1940 | Northampton County | 5838097 | 1 | 1 |
View | Cns. Mp. | 1950 | Northampton County | 36433335 | 1 | 1 |
Other Event Links
Detail | Type | Description | Successful? | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
View | Boundary Realignment | Smithfield Township-Upper Smithfield Township Proposed 1752 Boundary Realignment | unknown | 1752 |
View | New Township | Dansbury Township Proposed 1753 Creation | no* | 1753 |
View | New Township | Smithfield Township Proposed 1754 Division | unknown | 1754 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Easton Town-Forks Township Proposed 1762 Boundary Ascertainment | unknown | 1762 |
View | Plat Recording | Smithfield Township Proposed 1762 Plat Recording | unknown | 1762 |
View | Annexation | Allen Township-Salisbury Township-Saucon Township to Bethlehem Township Proposed 1788 Annexation | no* | 1788 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Chestnuthill Township Proposed 1794 Division | unknown | 1794–1797 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Penn Township Proposed 1801 Boundary Realignment | unknown | 1801 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Penn Township Proposed 1804 Boundary Realignment | unknown | 1804 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Smithfield Township-Upper Mount Bethel Township Proposed 1804 Boundary Ascertainment | unknown | 1804 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Lower Mount Bethel Township and Upper Mount Bethel Township Proposed 1805 Boundary Realignment | unknown | 1805 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Towamensing Township Proposed 1811 Boundary Realignment | unknown | 1811 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Towamensing Township Proposed 1813 Boundary Realignment | unknown | 1813 |
View | New Township | Pocono Township Proposed 1817 Division | unknown | 1817 |
View | Dissolution | Tobyhanna Township Proposed 1819 Dissolution | no* | 1819 |
View | New Township | Jackson Township Proposed 1826 Division | no* | 1826 |
View | New Township | Tobyhanna Township Proposed 1829 Division | no* | 1829 |
View | New Township | Lehigh Township-Moore Township Proposed 1844 New Township | no* | 1844 |
View | New Township | Middle Mount Bethel Township Proposed 1852 Creation | no | 1852–1853 |
View | New Borough | Freemansburg Borough Proposed 1854 Creation | no | 1854–1855 |
View | New Township | Lower Mount Bethel Township Proposed 1855 Division | no | 1855–1856 |
View | New School District | Lower Mount Bethel Township Proposed 1857 Independent School District | unknown | 1857 |
View | New Borough | Nazareth Borough Proposed 1857 Creation | no | 1857–1858 |
View | New School District | Williams Township Proposed 1857 Independent School District | no | 1857–1858 |
View | New School District | Lehigh Township Proposed 1862 Independent School District | unknown | 1862 |
View | New Borough | South Bethlehem Borough Proposed 1864 Creation | no* | 1864 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Bushkill Township-Plainfield Township Proposed 1868 Boundary Ascertainment | unknown | 1868 |
View | School District Dissolution | Centreville Independent School District Proposed 1867 Dissolution | unknown | 1867–1869 |
View | New Borough | Portland Borough Proposed 1870 Creation | no* | 1870 |
View | New Township | Upper Mount Bethel Township Proposed 1888 Division | no | 1888–1889 |
View | New Borough | Upper Catasauqua Borough Proposed 1891 Creation | no* | 1891 |
View | New Borough | Wind Gap Borough Proposed 1891 Creation | no | 1891–1892 |
View | New City | South Bethlehem City Proposed 1893 Creation | no | 1893 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Lehigh County-Northampton County Proposed 1879 Boundary Ascertainment | unknown | 1879–1895 |
View | New Borough | Alliance Borough Proposed 1900 Creation | no | 1900 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem Borough Ordinance 63 | no* | 1901 |
View | Annexation | Nazareth Borough Ordinance 92 | no* | 1908 |
View | Annexation | Hellertown Borough 1909 Ordinance | no* | 1908–1910 |
View | Annexation | Bethlehem Borough Ordinance 57 | no | 1912 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Select Ordinance 401 | no | 1911–1912 |
View | Annexation | East Bangor Borough Ordinance 31 | unknown | 1913 |
View | Annexation | East Bangor Borough Ordinance 32 | unknown | 1914 |
View | New City | South Bethlehem City Proposed 1913 Creation | no | 1913–1915 |
View | Dissolution | West Easton Borough-Easton City Proposed 1927 Merger | no* | 1927 |
View | Annexation | East Bangor Borough Ordinance 68 | unknown | 1934 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 558 | no* | 1923–1940 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1652 | no* | 1960 |
View | First Class Township | Palmer Township Proposed 1960 1st Class | no | 1960 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1680 | no* | 1961 |
View | Council-Manager Form | Easton City Proposed 1961 Optional Charter | no | 1961–1962 |
View | First Class Township | Palmer Township Proposed 1962 1st Class | no | 1962 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1768, 1817, and 1859 | no* | 1963–1965 |
View | Annexation | Northampton Borough Ordinance 691 | no | 1965–1966 |
View | Annexation | Palmer Township Ordinance 38 | no | 1961–1966 |
View | Annexation | Easton City Ordinance 1850 | no* | 1964–1968 |
View | Annexation | East Bangor Borough Ordinance 210 | no* | 1973–1974 |
View | Dissolution | Easton City Proposed 1974 Merger | no | 1974 |
View | Boundary Realignment | Northampton Borough-North Catasauqua Borough Proposed 1974 Boundary Realignment | no* | 1974 |
View | Roads | Lower Saucon Township-Hellertown Borough 1980s Indenture | unknown~ | 1984–1989 |
View | Annexation | Williams Township-Easton City Proposed 1989 Annexation | no* | 1989 |