Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county :also, portraits and biographies of the governors since 1790, and genealogies,family histories and biographies of representative men of the county :illustrated . lowingpopulation at each Federal census taken since1850: 1850, 1,080; i860, 1,376; 1870, 1,629;1880, 1,713; 1890, 1,704. CHAPTER XVI. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. Franklin is one of the nine original town-ships of Fayette county, and is ge
Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county :also, portraits and biographies of the governors since 1790, and genealogies,family histories and biographies of representative men of the county :illustrated . lowingpopulation at each Federal census taken since1850: 1850, 1,080; i860, 1,376; 1870, 1,629;1880, 1,713; 1890, 1,704. CHAPTER XVI. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. Franklin is one of the nine original town-ships of Fayette county, and is geographicallybounded as follows: The Youghiogheny riveron the north, marking it off from Tyrone;on the south, Menallen and North Union;on the east, Dunbar; on the west, Menallen,Redstone and Jefferson. The township isliberally provided with water power from anumber of small streams, while Redstonecreek and the river furnish ample energy formilling purposes. PAST AND PRESENT INDUSTRIES. The former agricultural character of thetownship is being rapidly transformed intomining and manufacturing interests. Its in-dustry, concisely described in the order of itsdevelopment, would be : Farming, iron manu-facturing, 1800-1839: then farming and re-cent years coal mining and coke manufactur-ing. A well was sunk for oil in 1889 nearFlatwoods, and at a depth of two thousand. -^?Rj ;Vev/ VcrA.
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