OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 379 



contains 8 Grist and 4 Saw Mills, 1 Distillery, f. Hotels, 5 Stores and fl Common Scliools. 

 The Peqnea creek, running in a Westerly direction, is the Northern boundary of this 

 township. P. O. at Bellenionte, Kinzer's, Leaman Place and Paradise, a thriving villa;;e, 

 originally settled by Mr. Abraham Witmer, who built a mill there; when in 1804 it was 

 made a post-town and needed a name, Mr. Witmer remarked that to him it was a i)ani- 

 dise, and thus it obtained its pleasant name. It contains several cliurches, and at 

 present, a Soldiers' Orphan School. 



Pexn. — Bounded N. by Lebanon county, N. E. by Elizabetli. E. by Warwick S. E. 

 by Manheim, S. by E. Hempfield, W. by Kaplio. Area, 2."3,:{42 acres; Population in 

 1860, 1,771 ; Taxables, 507; value of Keal and Personal Property sSOlLr^O. It contains ~f 

 Grist and 2 Saw Mills, 1 Distillery, 4 Hotels, 5 Stores and 9 Common Schools. The big 

 Chiquesalunga creek skirts the AVestern boundary. The Reading and Cohnnbia H. I{. 

 enters the tp. at the S. W., and crosses the Southern section; stations at Seller's and 

 Keller's; P. O. at Penn and White Oak. 



Pequea. — Bounded N. by Lancaster tp., E. by W. Lampeter, S. E. by Providence, 

 S. by IMartic, W. by Conestoga. Area, included in Conestoga township. Poi)idation 

 in 1860, 1,168; Taxables, 273; value of Real and Personal Property, ^0:30,3.37. It con- 

 tains 3 Grist and 3 Saw Mills, 2 Distilleries, 4 Hotels, 2 Stores and 6 Common Schools. 

 The Conestoga flows along the Northern and the Pequea along the Southern bounda- 

 ries. 



Providence. — Bounded N. by W. Lampeter, N. E. by Straslnn-g, E. by Eden, S. 

 by Drumore, AV. by jMartic and N. AV. by Pequea. Area, included in Martic town- 

 ship. Population in 1860, 1,810; Taxables, G08; value of Real and Personal Property, 

 $358,922. It contains 3 Grist and 3 Saw Mills, 6 Hotels, 4 Stores and 8 Connnon 

 Schools. Big Beaver Creek, flowing along the Northeastern boundaiy, unites with 

 the Pequea, which forms the N. AY. boinidary. P. O. at New Providence ami 

 Smith villa. 



Rapho. — Bounded N. by Lebanon county, E. by Penn, S. E. by E. Hempfield. S. by 

 W. Hempfield, S. W. by E. Donegal, AV. Ijy Mount .loy. Area, 26,367 acres: Popula- 

 tion in 1860, 3,528; Taxables, 917; value of Real and Personal Property; ^1,225,:',01. It 

 contains 9 Grist and 2 Saw Mills, 1 Furnace, 2 Distilleries, 4 Hotels, 3 Stores and 17 

 Common Schools. The little Chiquesalunga creek flows along the AVestern boinidary in a 

 Southerly direction and joins the big Chiquesalunga, which runs along the Eastern an<l 

 Southern boundaries of the tp., near Mussehnan's mill at its S. AV. extremity. P. O. 

 at Mastersonville, Mount Hope, Old Line and Sporting Hill. In ^lay, 1741, the inhab- 

 itants of the North-east part of Donegal township petitioned for the erection of a new 

 township to be called Rapho. 



Sadsbxtry. — Bounded N. by Salisbury township, E. by Chester co., S. by Colerain 

 township, and AV. by Bart. Centrally distant S. AV. from the city of Lancaster, 16 ms. 

 Greatest length H, greatest breadth 5 ms.; area, 12,111 acres; surface, hilly and rolling; 

 soil, limestone and clay. Pop. in 18G0, 1,739; Taxables, 90."). The Octoraro creek 

 rises near and flows along the Eastern boundary, and gives motion to three forges with- 

 in the township, and one immediately below its Southern line. 3Iine ridge runs along the 

 N. boundary, at the foot of which on the AVihnington and Lancaster turnpike roail is 

 a post ofiice called the "Gap," established at the " Gap tavern."' 



A^alue of Real and Personal Property, $346,289. It contains .; Grist and 7 Saw Mills, 

 3 Forges, 3 Hotels, 4 Stores and 8 Common Schools. P. O. at CHuistiana and Smyrna. 



Salisbury.— Bounded N. by Caernarvon, E. by Chester county, S. by Sadsbnry 

 township, and AV. by Paradise, Leacock and Earl townships. Centrally distant E. from 

 Lancaster about 16 miles; greatest lengtii 8, greatest breadth 6 miles; Area, 20,300 

 acres. Surface, rolling; soil, limestone; Population in 1860. 3725; Taxables, 345. It 

 is drained by the Pequea creek, upon the branches of which are sevenil Mills and one 

 Foro-e. The AVclsh mountain runs along the North, and Mine ridge upon its South 



