SUSQUEHANNA AND WAYNE COUNTIES. 



Chapter I. 

 Geography. 



Area; population ; towns. 



Susquehanna county lies between Bradford county and 

 the northern half of Wayne, along the Xew York State line, 

 33f miles ; its northeast corner being 120 perches west from 

 the 6th mile stone ; and its northwest corner at the 40th mile 

 stone. 



Its western line runs due north and south along the Brad- 

 ford county line 24J miles. 



Its eastern line runs north and south along Wayne county 

 exactly 24f miles. 



Its southern boundary along Wyoming and Lackawanna 

 counties is therefore not quite parallel to the northern or 

 State line. 



Its area is 797 square miles, or 510,080 acres. * 



The county is sub-divided into 27 townships arranged in 

 the following order : — 



Apolacon. Choconut. Silver Lake. Liberty. Great Bend. Oakland. Harmony. 



Franklin. 

 Middletown. Forest Lake. New Milford. Jackson. Thompson. 



Bridge-water. 

 Jessup. 

 Kush. Ararat. 



Brooklyn. Harford. Gibson. 

 Dimock. Herrick. 



Auburn. Springville. Lathrop. Lenox. Clifford. 



Its population for the last three decades, according to the 

 census reports, is as follows : 



In I860, 36,267 



In 1870, 37,523 



In 1880, 40,351 



* Gray ct Walling's Atlas. 

 (1G5.) 



