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In colonial times, the Lebanon Valley was part of Chester County, one of the three original counties of the Province of Pennsylvania. In 1729, the western section was divided off to make Lancaster County. After the Revolution, the area was divided again in 1785 with the formation of Dauphin County. In the early 1800s, local residents petitioned ...
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Scotch-Irish and Germans ( Pennsylvania German s, misleadingly called Pennsylvania Dutch) settled in the region in the early 18th century. Michter’s Distillery, one of America’s first legal distilleries, produced corn mash whiskey along Snitz Creek from 1753 to about 1990. The county was created in 1813.
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Lebanon, city, seat (1813) of Lebanon county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., in the Lebanon Valley, 23 miles (37 km) east of Harrisburg. Settled by immigrant Germans in the 1720s, it was laid out (c. 1750) by George Steitz and was first called Steitztown.
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May 13, 2024 · Prothonotarys Office, 717-228-4418. Registers of Wills/Clerk of Orphans' Court, 717-228-4415. Lebanon County Website. Clerk of the Orphan Court has birth records 1895-1905, death records 1893-1904, and marriage records from 1885. Prothonotary Court has divorce and court records from 1812.
Lebanon ( / ˈlɛbənən / LEB-ə-nən, also locally / ˈlɛbnən / LEB-nən, Pennsylvania German: Lebnen [ˈlɛbnən]) is a city [3] in and the county seat of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. [4] The population was 26,814 at the 2020 census . Lebanon was founded by George Steitz in 1740 and was originally named Steitztown.
The current home of the Lebanon County Historical Society has a long and storied history. The main structure was originally built from local limestone in 1773 as the home and office of Dr. William Henry Stoy, a German-born Lutheran minister and prominent Revolutionary War physician. Later it was the residence of retired Lieutenant Adjutant ...