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Rolling hills, country farms, and a little slice of history.
Wolves, panthers, wildcats and small game were the earliest inhabitants of the rugged terrain between the streams of Harmon Creek and Cross Creek in western Pennsylvania. Boxed in by the townships of Hanover, Cross Creek, Independence and Smith as well as Brooke County, WV, on its western edge, this rich and.fertile parcel of howling wilderness has been known since June 16, 1853, as Jefferson Township.
Roughly triangular in shape, Jefferson was once a part of Hopewell and Cross Creek townships, and still earlier was known as West Augusta. Early settlers chipped away at the heavy stands of virgin timber, and the huge oaks and hemlocks disappeared. Clearings revealed pioneers hard at work, building homes, schools, churches, and a new standard of living.
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