It seems a development was advertised in the Philadelphia newspaper and they came to see what it was, purchased the property and settled Lords Valley.īlooming Grove Township has several thousand acres of State Forest and State Game Lands within its boundaries which will probably never be developed.ĭelaware Township – Delaware Township is the oldest of Pike County’s townships. One of the first known land developments was the property of the Lord family purchased when coming here in 1809. This remained true well into the 20th Century. When Blooming Grove Township was established, the principal occupation of the inhabitants was logging and saw mills. A writing about Sylvanus Seely, by Theodore Thayer, mentions that Jonas Seely obtained a warrant in 1765 which included the Blooming Grove tract. Scull in 1770 does indicate “Blooming Grove”, the ‘Sheholy” Creek and the “Sheholy House”. One is that the settlers found a grove of apple trees when coming here, and the other is the existence of an abundance of blooming pink Mountain Laurel. The central township of Pike County and the only township not bordered by another County, was established by an Act of Legislation on December 17, 1850.īlooming Grove Township – History does not tell us the origin of the name, but two possibilities are considered. The latest County facility is the Pike County Jail which was completed in 1995. The Administration Building was completed in 1985. The present Courthouse was completed in 1874. The original Courthouse was constructed in 1815. It was named for Zebulon Montgomery Pike, discoverer of Pike’s Peak and a General killed in the war of 1812. By the Act of April 1, 1836, a portion of Pike County was cut off to form part of Monroe County otherwise, it’s boundaries remain as they were established by the Act of 1814. When formed in 1814, Pike County included the Townships of Middle Smithfield, Delaware, Upper Smithfield, Lackawaxen and Palmyra. Bucks was one of the original counties created by William Penn in 1682.

Wayne had been separated from Northhampton on March 21, 1798, and Northhampton had been formed from part of Bucks County on March 11, 1752. The County of Pike was separated from Wayne County on March 26, 1814.

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