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boundary. Value of Real and Personal Property, $1,190,015. It contains 9 Grist and 

 8 Saw-Mills, 1 Forge, 10 Hotels, 12 Stores and 17 Common Schools. P. O. at Cain's, 

 Cambridge, Gap, Pequea, Salisbury and South Hermitage. 



Strasburg. — Bounded N. by E. Lampeter, E. by Paradise, S. E. by Eden, S. by Prov- 

 idence, W. by W. Lampeter. Ai-ea, 13,698 acres; surface, hilly and rolling; soil, lime- 

 stone. Population in 1860, 1,858; Taxables, 511; value of Real and Personal Property, 

 $1,000,986. It contains 9 Grist and 4 Saw Mills, 2 Distilleries, 3 Hotels, and 8 Common 

 Schools. The Pequea flows in a Southwesterly course along the Northern and Western, 

 and big Beaver creek along the Southern boundaries. P. O. at Martinville and Stras- 

 burg. 



Strasburg, Borough. — Area, 880 acres. Population in 1860, 921; Taxables, 270; 

 value of Real and Personal Property, $192,313. An old German settlement; a Mr. 

 Sample, ancestor of an old Lancaster County family, was the first and only English 

 settler at the time of the Revolution. The place was formerly known as Bettelliausen, 

 Beggarstown. The logs for the first house were hauled by a Mr. Hoftman. The first 

 house in Strasburg was erected in 1733. The ancient Road from Lancaster to Philadel- 

 phia ran through this place, and from it was called the Strasburg Road. The old King's 

 Highway ran through Strasburg to the mouth of the Conestoga. It contains several 

 churches and a branch Rail Road connects with the Pennsylvania Central R. R. at Lea- 

 man Place. 



Warwick. — Bounded N. by Elizabeth, N. E. by Clay, E. by Ephrata and W. Earl; 

 S. E. by Upper Leacock, S. by Manheim and West by Penn. Area, 11,670 acres; sur- 

 face, rolling; soil, limestone, clay and gravel. Population in 1860, 3,057; Taxables, 

 806. Value of Real and Personal Property, $1,084,944. It contains 7 Grist and 5 Saw 

 Mills, 2 Distilleries, 8 Hotels, 7 Stores and 10 Common Schools. 



The Cocalico Creek flows in a Southerly direction along the Eastern boundary. P. 

 O. at Brunnersville, Litiz, Millway and Rothsville. 



The tp. received its name from Richard Carter, one of the first settlers, and first 

 constable appointed in 1739. On the fann of Simon Hostetter, part of the old Carter 

 tract, is a lake 200 feet in circumference, of great depth, which at one time was errone- 

 ously su^jposed to be bottomless. Rocks come up to the water's edge on one side, and 

 if large stones are rolled over the rocks into the water, they may be heard for several 

 seconds to bound from rock to rock in their descent. 



Litiz. — During Count Zinzendorf 's visit to Lancaster county in 1743, he stayed with 

 Mr. Jacob Huber, of Warwick townshi]?. The same evening after his arrival, he ad- 

 dressed the assembled neighbors. Many more would have attended, had they not been 

 prevented by Mr. George Kline, Mr. Huber' s neighbor, who made eff"orts to dissuade 

 others from hearing him, and endeavored to excite unkind feelings against him; how- 

 ever, during the succeeding night, he became very uneasy, touching his course; his con- 

 science told him loudly, he had not acted rightly. The following day, Count Zinzen- 

 dorf went to Lancaster, where he had permission to preach in the court house. Kline 

 followed him thither to hear him preach, and was one of his most attentive hearers. 

 The Count's address removed all his prejudice, and made such an impression on his 

 mind, that he, as well as some of his neighbors, requested him to visit them again, or 

 to send them a minister who preached like him; this the Count promised to do, and 

 Immediately on his return to Bethlehem, sent the Rev. Jacob Lischy to them, Avith 

 orders also to visit other pions persons, who resided in various parts of Lancaster county, 

 whom the Count had visited previously. After that they were for a number of years 

 visited by others from Bethlehem. Their meetings were partly held in pi-ivate houses, 

 and partly in a Lutheran church, which was built in 1741, on Mr. George Kline's land, 

 and known as St. Jacob's church. The Reverend Theophilus Neyberg, who was then 

 the Lutheran minister at Lancaster, preached every four weeks in this church imtil 

 1746, when he left the Lancaster congregation, and devoted his whole attention to the 



