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	Conestoga Township
		Conestoga Center, near the centre of the township, Rockhill is the northwest, Slackwater in the north, Safe Harbor in the west, and Colemanville in on the southeast, are the chief centers of population.
		The township of Conestoga, or as it was originally named Conestogoe, was erected in 1718, to have jurisdiction over all the territory in Chester county lying west of the Octorara creek, and ex- tending northward and including the Welsh settlements along the eastern branch of the Conestoga.
		The population of Conestoga township in 1880 was 2,550.
	www.horseshoe.cc /pennadutch/places/pennsylvania/lancasterco/townships/conestoga/conestee.htm (15093 words)

	Conestoga Township, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conestoga Township is a township in west central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
		In the township the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
		Daywalt Smith is buried in the churchyard of Trinity Lutheran Church in Conestoga Township.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conestoga_Township,_Pennsylvania (465 words)

	EARL TOWNSHIP
		In 1718, the settlers were clamoring for constables to help keep the peace, so Conestoga Township was established consisting of the land west and north of the Octorara Creek.
		Other townships were formed, such as West Conestoga Township in 1720, which was north of the Pequea Creel: this later became Donegal Township.
		West Earl Township was formed from Earl Township in 1833, and East Earl Township was formed in 1851.
	www.earltownship.com (653 words)

	conestoga wagon, lancaster county pa., pennsylvania dutch
		The Conestoga Wagon probably began as a farm wagon that was adapted for use on the rough, hilly ground in Lancaster County.
		The Conestoga Wagon was made from a variety of woods, each chosen because it had qualities that made it the best wood for the job, some woods were better for the wheels while others were better for the sideboards.
		Conestoga wagons came in various sizes, just like trucks today, some were used on farms, like pick-up trucks and others were the tractor trailers of their time, large, heavy duty wagons hauling goods to Philadelphia and later to the west.
	www.rootsweb.com /~pacahs/wagon.htm (1232 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Pennsylvania Pollution Muddies Bay Cleanup
		Pennsylvania sent only a computer spreadsheet of its ideas, which read more like the result of a brainstorming session than a final plan.
		Pennsylvania "got a good early start, but the other states passed [it] in the 1990s," Bill Matuszeski, former head of the EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program, said of the efforts to monitor pollutants.
		Pennsylvania officials have disputed these numbers, saying the EPA's estimates haven't accounted for some of the progress the state has made in cleaning up the Susquehanna.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A30009-2004May15?language=printer (1296 words)

	Conestoga News
		Taxpayers in Pennsylvania support more municipal pension plans than in any other state, an inefficient system that has resulted in high administrative costs and what experts say are sometimes bewildering...
		Historic Mill Destroyed by Fire By Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman PARADISE TOWNSHIP -- A historic mill, built in the early 1800's by one of Lancaster County oldest families, was destroyed by fire Saturday evening in...
		Pennsylvania partnered Monday with 12 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit to force the federal government to enact stricter air-quality standards.
	www.topix.net /city/conestoga-pa (546 words)

	Conestoga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conestoga River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in the state of Pennsylvania.
		Conestoga Parkway, a freeway in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
		Conestoga College, based in Kitchener, Ontario in Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conestoga (200 words)

	Manheim Township -
		Manheim Township’s compost park is located at 2775 Oregon Pike and has been operating since October 2001, with residents delivering yard waste materials, as well as leaves, to the park.
		The Township encourages residents to continue using the biodegradable bags as many times as possible but the cost to fill the bag with wood mulch or to dispose of yard waste is $.50 per bag.
		Although the township has a general policy for snow removal, each storm event may be a cause for change.
	www.manheimtownship.org /pworks.htm (2424 words)

	NRDC: America's Animal Factories - Pennsylvania
		Pennsylvania has agreed with other states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to reduce the levels of nitrogen and phosphorus entering the Susquehanna River (which is the largest tributary to the Chesapeake Bay) by 40 percent by the year 2000.
		Pennsylvania is only now developing a permitting process for factory farms in compliance with the Clean Water Act.
		So far, Codorus Township in York County has ordinances in place, and Wayne Township in Mifflin County and Swatara Township in Lebanon County are in the process of drawing up their ordinances.
	www.nrdc.org /water/pollution/factor/stpen.asp (1663 words)

	Manheim Township -
		The Plan is designed to acquaint the reader with Manheim Township while identifying the Township's aspirations and expectations heading into the 21st century to preserve the unique character of the Township which has made the area such a desirable location for residences and businesses.
		The Township Department of Planning and Zoning is charged with the processing and reviewing all subdivisions and land development plans to ensure compliance with this ordinance, as well as the Township Stormwater Management and Floodplain Management Ordinances.
		The primary purpose of the Manheim Township Zoning Hearing Board is to help assure fair and equitable application and administration of the zoning ordinance by hearing appeals on the zoning officer's determinations and by granting relief from the literal enforcement of the ordinance in certain hardship situations.
	www.manheimtownship.org /pzoning.htm (1971 words)

	Old Conestoga Road
		Between Merionville, and Merion Avenue on the footpath of the old road there were to be seem marks of the old Columbia Railroad, which preceded the Pennsylvania Railroad, These marks were the stones to which the rails were fastened before the days or worsen ties.
		It passes under the tracks of the Philadelphia and Western Railroad, and them climbs "Methodist hill," as it used to be called, from the church of that denomination which stand s at the top of the hill.
		With regard to the name, the writer has within the past few years, in driving up the valley, seen a road marked Conestoga Road, running out of the Swedesford Road, or the Chester Springs Road, and I believe this name, as applied to the Old Lancaster Road, is a very modern use.
	www.ushistory.org /Philadelphia/street_conestoga.htm (1152 words)

	Radnor Township Pennsylvania Real Estate
		Rosemont is a community in Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania Main Line lying partly in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania and partly in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania.
		Davids is a leafy community in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, famous for its 18th century stone-foundation houses, babbling brooks, and gentle, rolling sideroads.
		It straddles Lower Merion Township of Montgomery County and Radnor Township of Delaware County.
	www.relocateamerica.com /states/PA/cities/radnor_township.htm (1043 words)

	Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania,
		Wayne was promoted for its "salubrious air." Its development doubled the township's population to 3,800 between 1880 and 1890, and Wayne remains the population center of the township today.
		It was a natural step for Radnor Township to assume on March 12, 1901, the more elaborate governmental structure of a first class township.
		Radnor Township remains a community that is proud of its heritage and that still reflects many of the values of its settlers of over 300 years earlier.
	www.livingplaces.com /PA/Delaware_County/Radnor_Township.html (868 words)

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		The 2000-01 enrollment at Conestoga was 1,504 students, an increase of 38 from the previous school year.
		As part of the Conestoga renovation, expanding its capacity from 1,500 to 2,000, the state of Pennsylvania has strongly suggested that the site for CHS is inadequate for the program we offer.
		Tredyffrin Township, however, has some major problems with the current uses at Conestoga High School and an initial presentation to the Planning Commission resulted in a request to "go back to the drawing board" to improve 1) site circulation, 2) parking, 3) access, 4)impervious coverage.
	www.homestead.com /conestoga/AConfig.html (1746 words)

	Where are the Susquehannock?
		Here they were known as the Conestoga, referring to the name of their village, Conestoga Town on the Conestoga River.
		The historical record is replete with references to the politicking at Conestoga Town during the first few decades of the 1700's, but it is remarkably vacant of any meaningful insight into the daily life at Conestoga Town (or even exactly where the town was located!).
		Although the Conestoga were peaceful farmers and craftsman, with no connection to the rebellion in the west, they were attacked by a vigilante group known as the Paxton Boys, who found the Conestoga an easy target.
	native.brokenclaw.net /articles/susquehannock.html (1656 words)

	UUT Historic Comission (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is a thoroughly researched and well documented publication showing the townships location between the Welsh Tract at Radnor and the Welsh settlement on the upper Conestoga Creek.
		Pennsylvania Municipalities that have adopted historic preservation ordinances have been very successful in avoiding courtroom challenges since the Historic District Act was passed by the General Assembly in 1961.
		Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which states, in part, "The People have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment," supports local governments in enacting historic district or ordinances.
	www.uuteagle.com /historic2.htm (1168 words)

	FAQs on Conestoga High School Construction Project
		Conestoga’s main entrance and school office area will be expanded and redesigned to create an open, handicapped accessible entrance.
		Expanding Conestoga’s existing facilities to include additional classrooms, expanded cafeteria space, and a redesign of the main office entrance and school office area will allow T/E to best meet the needs of the student population.
		The District is studying the availability of land parcels in the two townships for acquisition to use as fields.
	www.tesd.k12.pa.us /stoga/FAQ_CHS.htm (1226 words)

	Lancaster Township - Township History: History
		Lancaster Township was established in 1729 as one of seventeen original townships in Lancaster County.
		It was the smallest of the townships with its boundaries defined by the Conestoga River, Manor Township, the Little Conestoga Creek, (East) Hempfield Township, and Manheim Township.
		The development of Lancaster Township was strongly influenced by the growth of Lancaster City.
	www.twp.lancaster.pa.us /townshipHistory/history.htm (459 words)

	BFI Conestoga Landfill - Facts At A Glance
		Conestoga Landfill is a state-of-the-art facility designed specifically to accommodate the disposal of municipal, residual, and special handling wastes.
		Located in the borough of New Morgan, Berks County, Conestoga Landfill is strategically located to serve a wide customer base.
		The landfill is easily accessible from the Pennsylvania Turnpike and other major traffic arteries.
	www.conestogalandfill.com /facts.asp (279 words)

	East Whiteland Township: Parks & Recreation
		The Township building and many of our parks also are located adjacent to the Chester Valley Trail.
		The Township has applied for a Growing Greener grant with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to stabilize the stream bank at the Conestoga Trail Ecology Park.
		The park is located on Conestoga Road (Route 401) across from the Township Municipal Building.
	www.eastwhiteland.org /docs/parks.html (386 words)

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		West Lampeter Township is a township of the second class with a population of 13,145 (2000 census) within 16.5 square miles.
		The Township of Lampeter was one of the original townships of Lancaster County, its boundaries being clearly defined in the year of the County’s separation from Chester County in 1729.
		Earlier, from 1718, it was part of Conestoga Township, which embraced practically the entire portion of Chester County taken to form Lancaster County.
	www.reachwc.org /pages/06lpa.shtml (452 words)

	Radnor Township, Pennsylvania \| Open Space Acquisition
		The Board of Commissioners' condemnation of 6.9 acres of land along Conestoga Road at South Devon Avenue, known as the "Levin Tract", was approved by the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in 1997.
		The 3.5 acre D'Antonio tract adjacent to the new Radnor Multipurpose Trail and the former Levin property was purchased in 2002.
		Township officials and staff also are continuing discussions with several other land owners throughout Radnor about possible conservation easements or negotiated sales, and other permissible methods of land transfer.
	www.radnor.com /department/division.asp?fDD=9-78 (698 words)

	Conestoga, Pennsylvania PA, township profile (Lancaster County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Pennsylvania > All counties > Lancaster County > Conestoga
		Conestoga is a township in Lancaster County, in the Lancaster metro area.
		The Conestoga wagon, used extensively by settlers moving west, was named for this region.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13774 (504 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - FOOTE MINERAL CO., FRAZER, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
		The property is 79 acres in size and is oblong in shape, trending northeast-southwest (Figure 3).
		At some time prior to 1970, East Whiteland Township municipal trash was disposed in the dry quarry (E).
		Although the father worked at Foote Mineral for two years in the early 1950s and is concerned about chemicals dumped in the two quarries, it is the close proximity to a second hazardous waste site that has spurred his attempts to form a governmental advisory panel.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/foote/foote_p1.html (2276 words)

	East Whiteland Township: Employment Opportunities
		The East Whiteland Township building is located at 209 Conestoga Road.
		Officer will be expected to enforce all Township ordinances as well as the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
		It is preferred that the applicant be a graduate from a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania municipal police officers education and training commission designated academy.
	www.eastwhiteland.org /docs/adm_eo.html (186 words)

	Ancestry to Cotham-Gibbs Marriage - pafn11 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Prior to October of 1736, all land west of the Susquehanna River was the territory of the Iroquois.
		In October 1736, the Proprietors of Pennsylvania received from the Five Nations, deeds for the Susquehanna lands south of the Blue Mountains.
		Pennsylvania colonial records record 1747-48 hearings concerning "Nicholas Pieri" and unsuccessful attempt by a Capt. Higginbotham to evict Pieri on basis of Maryland land grant.
	home.earthlink.net /~jeffcotham/pafn11.htm (12114 words)

	Conestoga, Pa
		Conestoga was first called Conestoga Manor by William Penn. This name came from the Conestoga Indians that inhabited this land.
		Conestoga is located near the confluence of the Susquehanna River and the Conestoga River.
		Conestoga Elementary School is part of the Penn Manor School District.
	homepage.mac.com /cohora/con/ConestogaPa.html (517 words)

	Lancaster Township - Board of Supervisors: Awards
		Lancaster Township was presented this award for the 2001 Riparian Restoration Project on the banks of the Little Conestoga Creek through the Maple Grove Park, which is located on Columbia Avenue.
		To be eligible for this award the written plan had to be a significant advancement to the science and art of planning for the betterment of communities and land use, and the improvement of quality of life for residents.
		The Township was recognized for its efforts to protect the Bay by removing a low-head dam on the Little Conestoga Creek, passing laws to protect streamside forest buffers, adopting urban growth boundries to prevent sprawl, and publishing environmental educational information in its newsletter.
	www.twp.lancaster.pa.us /boardSupervisors/awards.htm (638 words)

	LCWA's History
		The Little Conestoga Creek is a tributary of the Conestoga River and has a watershed area of 65.5 square miles.
		The upper and lower regions of the Little Conestoga Watershed are more than 80 percent agricultural land, a primary contributor of nutrient pollution from animal wastes.
		The event was sponsored by LCWA, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Trout Unlimited, Manheim Township and Representative Roy Baldwin of the 97th District.
	www.littleconestoga.org /history.htm (2893 words)

	Radnor Township, Pennsylvania \| History of the Township
		Its monopoly was strengthened later in the 1800's when its president, A. Cassatt, brother of impressionist artist Mary Cassatt, bought the turnpike from Philadelphia to Paoli to prevent it from being tracked for streetcars.
		Wayne was promoted for its "salubrious air." Its development doubled the township's population to 3,800 between 1880 and 1890, and Wayne remains the population center of the township today.
		Radnor Township remains a community that is proud of its heritage and that still reflects many of the values of its settlers of over 300 years earlier.
	www.radnor.com /department/division.asp?fDD=19-147 (949 words)

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