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Ten 1860 Buildings in South Region of Springettsbury Township

Upper Area of South Region in what is now Springettsbury Township; from Shearer’s 1860 Map of York County, PA & Penn Pilot Aerial Photo, from Nov. 25, 1937, of Same Area (Annotations by S. H. Smith, 2014)
Upper Area of South Region in what is now Springettsbury Township; from Shearer’s 1860 Map of York County, PA & Penn Pilot Aerial Photo, from Nov. 25, 1937, of Same Area (Annotations by S. H. Smith, 2014)

Within this illustration, I’ve pointed out ten 1860 buildings and their corresponding location on a 1937 aerial photo.  I’ll work my way around Springettsbury Township, ten buildings at a time, until all buildings from 1860 are visited.  The present commercial corridors will be visited first.  See the post: Springettsbury Township building tally during 1860, for my specification of the four regions.

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Shearer’s 1860 Map of York County contains the owner/occupant of most buildings; for example (s1) is J. H. Flory.  Additional information on J. H. Flory can be found by consulting the 1860 Census of the United States.

The results after consulting 1860 Spring Garden Township census records are shown below.  Spring Garden Township 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:

StCensusS1to10

Four of these 1860 buildings still stand at these present addresses:

  • [s2] – 2840 Whiteford Road (Christmas Tree Hill)
  • [s3] – 2901 Whiteford Road (see this post)
  • [s7] – 1620 Memory Lane Extended (Livingston Property)
  • [s9] – 1748 North Hills Road

In my next post in this series, I’ll examine the sequence of owners of these four properties.  My goal is to get community involvement.  If anyone has a story associated with an owner of these properties, please post a comment.

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