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Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Conestoga Township is a township in west central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,749.
==History==
Conestoga Township was formed in 1712 as part of Chester County. Lancaster County was not formed until 1729. Pequea Township was formed from Conestoga Township.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Township History )〕
Among the earliest residents were the French fur trader, Martin Chartier, and his half-Shawnee son, Peter Chartier, who established a trading post near a Shawnee village in the area in 1712.〔(Don Greene, ''Shawnee Heritage II: Selected Lineages of Notable Shawnee'' (Lulu.com: Fantasy ePublications, 2008), Lulu.com: Fantasy ePublications, 2008; ) pp. 44-45 and 70.〕
Conestoga wagons are named for the township, but it cannot be proven that the first such wagons were built in the township. But these wagons were indeed built in Conestoga Township.〔
The Colemanville Covered Bridge and Big and Little Indian Rock Petroglyphs are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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