1860 Buildings 11-20 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
At the top of this illustration, I’ve pointed out, and marked, ten 1860 buildings in the Deininger Road and western Druck Valley Road region within what is now Springettsbury Township. At the bottom of the above illustration is a 1937 aerial photo of the same region. I’ve zoomed in on the 1937 aerial photo to provide better detail in locating the 1860 properties (w11) through (w20).
I’m working my way around Springettsbury Township, ten buildings at a time, until all buildings from 1860 are visited. See the post: Springettsbury Township building tally during 1860, for my specification of the four regions.
Other posts in this series include:
- 1860 Buildings 1-10 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 11-20 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 21-30 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 31-35 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 36-41 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 1-10 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 11-20 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 21-30 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 31-40 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 41-50 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 51-58 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 1-10 in West Region of Springettsbury Township As a side note, when properties (w1) through (w10) were first visited, the precise 1860 owners of only two of the properties could be identified. Initial deed searches have now increased that number to six. The 1860 owners of properties (w1) through (w10) will be posted upon the discovery of the final four.
- 1860 Buildings 21-30 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 41-50 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 51-60 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 61-70 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 71-80 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 1-10 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 11 to 20 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 21-24 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 25-31 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
- 1860 Buildings 32-35 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
Shearer’s 1860 Map of York County contains the owner/occupant of most buildings; for example (w16) is J. Billet. Additional information on J. Billet can be found by consulting the 1860 Census of the United States; where one discovers this is Jacob Billet, a 39-year-old, master shoemaker.
The results after consulting 1860 Spring Garden Township census records are shown below. Spring Garden Township 1860 Census records must be used because Springettsbury Township was formed from the northeast part of that township on April 20, 1891. The order of visitation, of the census taker, often provides assistance on who are neighbors and the tabulation of “value of real estate” separates the landowners from the renters or tenants:
Three of these 1860 buildings still stand at these addresses:
- [w11] – 2443 Deininger Road
- [w12] – 2723 Deininger Road
- [w16] – 1575 Parkview Road
The ‘w14’ church along Mt. Zion Road is noted as “German Reformed Church” on the 1860 map and as “German Reformed & Lutheran Church” on an 1876 map. While the original church building no longer stands, the present Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, at 2164 Mt. Zion Road, traces its early history to the church noted on the 1860 map.
Lutheran and Reformed parishioners, in that area, erected their initial union church building in 1851; therefore ‘Lutheran’ was inadvertently left off the 1860 map. In 1890, that initial frame building was replaced with a brick structure. Damage, due to a cyclone in the early 1900s, required most of the brick church to be re-built.
The union agreement was dissolved in 1955, with the Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation taking full ownership. The reformed congregation built a separate structure; now the Mt. Zion United Church of Christ, at 1054 Ridgewood Road.
The newest building of the Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was dedicated in 1966. The bell, which rests in the front of the sanctuary, is from the 1890 structure.
