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Catawissa Township is a township near the borough of Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 932 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Catawissa township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania )〕 ==History== Catawissa Township is the oldest municipality in Columbia County. It was first formed in 1785 from parts of Augusta Township. When first formed, Catawissa Township stretched from Montour County in the west to western Schuylkill County in the east. The creations of Roaring Creek Township, Franklin Township, and Main Township in 1832, 1843, and 1844 respectively, reduced the size of Catawissa Township significantly.〔http://www.pa-roots.com/columbia/history/chapter16.html〕 The first Native Americans to settle in the vicinity of the township were the Piscatawese, Conoys, or Gangawese, who built a wigwam in Catawissa. The first house in Catawissa Township was built in 1774 by Moses Roberts. By the mid to late 1770s, Quakers had arrived in the township. More settlers arrived in Catawissa Township in 1782. The same year, a group of Native Americans arrived in the area to re-establish a wigwam. This led to strife between them and the settlers, and several murders occurred.〔 In 1833, there were two furnaces and two forges within the boundaries of Catawissa Township as it was at that time.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=DqVuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA397&dq=Roaring+Creek+pennsylvania&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dqFVUf2xOrfh4AOj4oDgDw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=%22Roaring%20Creek%22&f=false〕 The Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catawissa Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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