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Pike County, Pennsylvania. / 41.33°N 75.03°W / 41.33; -75.03. Pike County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,535. [1] Its county seat is Milford. [2] The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state. [a]
History of Pike County. The County of Pike was separated from Wayne County on March 26, 1814. Wayne had been separated from Northhampton on March 21, 1798, and Northhampton had been formed from part of Bucks County on March 11, 1752. Bucks was one of the original counties created by William Penn in 1682.
Apr 25, 2024 · Record of Deeds Phone: 570-296-3508 extension 1160. Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts/Orphan's Court Phone: 570-296-7231 extension 1210. Pike County Website. Clerk Comm has birth, death, and burial records 1893-1905, marriage records from 1885, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1814 [3]
A VERY considerable portion of the history of Pike County is contained in the first section of this volume- the first seven chapters, which apply to the territory herein treated, as a whole, and in Chapter I. of that portion of the work devoted to the history of Wayne County (of which Pike was an integral part from 1798 to 1814).
Our route will now take you through one of Pennsylvania's oldest, largest and most popular state parks, then to the Pecks Pond area (a center for fishing and boating), and back to Bushkill (start of Tour No. 1). For More information and a Map, please call the Pike County Chamber of Commerce at (570) 296-8700.
LACKAWAXEN TOWNSHIP. LACKAWAXEN TOWNSHIP was erected in 1798, after Wayne County was set off from Northampton. It is the northern township of Pike County, and is bounded on the northwest by Wayne County, on the northeast by Delaware River and New York, on the southeast by Shohola and on the south and, southwest by Blooming Grove and Palmyra.
An auspicious start to this, the 200th year of the formation of Pike County, 1814 - 2014, and an opportunity to examine the history of the first Pike County Court & Courthouse, explore available Pike County records and vintage county land owner maps. (c) Pike County Historical Society, 1933. Much of the material in the 1933 Bi-Centennial book ...
