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Armstrong County Data Online

The History of Armstrong County
Taken From the Biographical and historical Encyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia. J.M. Gresham & Co., managed by S.T. Wiley. 1891.

Geographical sketch of Armstrong County - Indians - Col. John Armstrong's Expedition - Battle of Kittanning -  Blanket Hill - Brady's Fight - Early Settlers

NEW 7/17/06:  Senators and Assemblyman from Armstrong County -CIVIL ROSTER FROM 1805-1880 - Taxables of Kittaning township in 1807 - Tax List of the Town of Kittaning for 1807 - List of taxables in Toby township in 1807

NEW 7/17/06:

Miscellaneous News Paper Articles From the Past

  • New Roads Built in Armstrong County (1821)  

  • Reward Offered for Arrest of Dr. John Gilpin (1833)

  • Sale of the Great Western Iron Works (1844)

  • Fixes Prices of "Damn"(1908)

  • $1,000,000 Worth of Lumber Tied Up (1908) -

  • Kittaning Fire Gains Headway / Kittanning Damage Is Estimated at 285,000 (1928)

  • Graeff - Sedwick Marriage (1939)

  • Long Ice Gorge Near Kittanning Is Still Holding (1958)

NEW 7/17/06:

Obituaries and Death Notices

H. W. Foster - Mrs. Gust Kirscht, formerly Miss Lena Corah - James Baker - John H. Alexander  - Jacob R. Einstein - Corbin W. Wyant

Cities, Boroughs and Census Designated Places

Apollo

Elderton

Kittanning

North Apollo

South Bethlehem

Applewold

Ford City

Leechburg

North Vandergrift-Pleasant View

West Hills

Atwood

Ford Cliff

Lenape Heights

Orchard Hills

West Kittanning

Dayton

Freeport

Manorville

Rural Valley

Worthington

Townships

Bethel Township

East Franklin Township

Mahoning Township

Plumcreek Township

Valley Township

Boggs Township

Gilpin Township

Manor Township

Rayburn Township

Washington Township

Bradys Bend Township

Hovey Township

North Buffalo Township

Redbank Township

Wayne Township

Burrell Township

Kiskiminetas Township

Parks Township

South Bend Township

West Franklin Township

Cadogan Township

Kittanning Township

Perry Township

South Buffalo Township

Cowanshannock Township

Madison Township

Pine Township

Sugarcreek Township

Surrounding Counties

Allegheny County (southwest)

Clarion County (north)

Jefferson County (northeast)

Butler County (west)

Indiana County (east)

Westmoreland County (south)

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