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MEADOWCROFT ROCKSHELTER
Take your family on a day-long adventure at Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, located in Avella, Washington County, Pa.
A National Historic Landmark, Meadowcroft features a massive rock overhang – the Rockshelter – used 19,000 years ago for shelter by the region’s first inhabitants. Take a tour of this internationally-renowned archeological treasure and learn more about the lives of Western Pennsylvania’s prehistoric hunters and gatherers.
At Meadowcroft’s interpretive villages, you can step back in time to encounter rural life over the past 500 years. Explore a wigwam and test your aim with a spear thrower at the 16th-century Eastern Woodland Indian Village, experience an 18th-century log cabin and open-sided trading post, and watch a blacksmith forge red-hot iron or take a lesson in a one-room school house at the site’s 19th-century Historic Village.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: PORTION OF CHURCH ROAD IS NOW A ONE-WAY
The upper portion of Church Road will now be a one-way road. The area affected is the entrance onto Church Road from Eldersville Road, directly across from Fire Road, and will end at the sharp curve at the bottom of the hill. The one-way portion of the road may only be used as an entrance onto Church Road. Please note that the lower portion of Church Road will remain a two-way road where vehicles may enter and exit. Vehicles may only exit Church Road using the lower portion of Church Road.
ANNOUNCEMENT: FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM
Join a growing community of landowners that have been protected in Washington County through the Farmland Preservation Program.
If You Have Questions Concerning:
How to Preserve Your Farm
Program Requirements
Application Requirements / Deadline
Easement Restrictions
Please Contact:
Caroline Sinchar of the Washington County Planning Commission.
Email: sinchar@co.washington.pa.us Phone: 724-228-6811
ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW TAX COLLECTOR APPOINTED IN 2025
A new Real Estate Tax Collector has been appointed by the Jefferson Township Board of Supervisors, effective January 16, 2025, for the remaining term of the Elected Real Estate Tax Collector’s term. Please be advised of the new Real Estate Tax Collector’s
information as follows:
Tracy L. Bongiorni, Tax Collector
462 Lee Road
Burgettstown PA 15021
Telephone: 724-947-5079
Email address: jefftwptaxcollector@gmail.com
Office Hours: Sunday-Saturday, By Appointment Only
Announcements
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* Portion of Church Road is a One-Way
* Farmland Preservation Program
* Real Estate Tax Collector Information
* 2025 Regularly Scheduled Meetings
* Halloween "Trick or Treat"
* Community Clean-up
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History
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP 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.
Historical Society
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The purpose of the Jefferson Township Historical Society (“Society”) shall be to bring together those people interested in history, and especially in the history of Jefferson Township and surrounding areas. Understanding the history of our community is basic to our democratic way of life, gives us a better understanding of our state and nation, and promotes a better appreciation of our American heritage.
The Jefferson Township Historical Society (“JTHS”) is a non-profit organization with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revue Code and is located in the 46th District.
Schools
Burgettstown Area School District
At Burgettstown, we believe...
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All students can be successful learners
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All students are welcomed and valued in a safe learning environment
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Students become life-long learners through their participation in academic, extra-curricular, and community activities
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That the development of successful citizens is the shared responsibility of students, staff, home, and community values
ANNOUNCEMENT: JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP
There will not be a Jefferson Township Community Clean-up scheduled for 2025.
ANNOUNCEMENT: HALLOWEEN
Halloween "Trick or Treat" will be held on October 31, 2025, 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m.
UPCOMING EVENT
Upcoming Event information here.
UPCOMING EVENT
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ANNOUNCEMENT: NOTICE OF 2025 SCHEDULED MEETINGS
Jefferson Township of Washington County announces the regularly scheduled meetings dates/times for 2025:
The Jefferson Township Board of Supervisors will hold their 2025 regular monthly meetings* at 6:00 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, on the dates of Feb 18, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 20, Jun 17, Jul 15, Aug 19, Sep 16, Oct 21, Nov 18, and Dec 16, of 2025, with the January 2025 meeting to be immediately follow the reorganization meeting on Jan 06, 2025.
The Jefferson Township Planning Commission will hold all 2025 regular monthly meetings* at 7:30 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, on the dates of Jan 8, Feb 12, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14, Jun 11, Jul 09, Aug 13, Sep 10, Oct 8, Nov 12, and Dec 10, of 2025.
The Jefferson Township Water Committee will hold 2025 regular meetings* at 7:00 p.m. on the 3rd Wednesday of every other month, on the dates of Jan 15, Mar 19, May 21, Jul 16, Sep 17, and Nov 19, of 2025.
All meetings of other Boards and Commissions will be on an “as needed” basis, and will be advertised accordingly.
*All above meetings are to be held at the Jefferson Township Municipal Building, 670 Cedar Grove Road, Burgettstown, PA 15021. Public is encouraged to attend.
Paige A Gragan
Secretary-Treasurer
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Library
Burgettstown Community Library
2 Kerr Street, Burgettstown, PA 15021
724-947-9780
Senior Centers
Where older adults can congregate to fulfill many of their social, physical, emotional, and intellectual needs. Many services and activities are offered. Call for additional information.
Burgettstown Senior Center
200 Senior Way, Burgettstown, PA 15021
724-947-9524
Cross Creek Senior Center
28 Clark Avenue, Avella, PA 15312
724-587-5755
McGuffey/Claysville Senior Center
105 Green Street, Claysville, PA 15323
724-663-4202