Northumberland County

The state of Pennsylvania began platting the exact metes-and-bounds tracts of the earliest landowners, township-by-township, starting in 1907, but the Land Office only completed about 1/3 of the state before the project ended. Fortunately for some researchers, state draftsmen completed Township Warrantee Maps for about half of Northumberland County. Information regarding how to order the completed townships from the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg can be found at the bottom of this page.

If your ancestor was actually a first landowner, purchasing his or her property directly from the colony or state of Pennsylvania, further information about these tracts may be gleaned from the Warrant and Patent Registers of Northumberland County and its parent counties (Northumberland was created in 1772 from parts of Berks, Cumberland, and Lancaster Counties). These Warrant and Patent Registers are contained on our CDs, First Landowners of PA: Colonial and State Warrant Registers in the PA Archives, Harrisburg, 1682-ca 1940 and First Landowners of Pennsylvania: Indexes to the Colonial and State Patent Registers in the PA Archives, Harrisburg. Keep in mind that the original Northumberland County encompassed vastly more territory than it does today, originally including nearly half the state.

For much more information regarding Northumberland County, the entire 1891 History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell has been transcribed and placed online by Tony Rebuck.

As part of our goal of uncovering maps which can be used with census records to help pinpoint where our ancestors lived, we are posting here the Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania From Actual Surveys by G.M. Hopkins which was published in 1858. This map is located in the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. We hope that it will be a useful tool for locating your Northumberland County families when coupled with the 1860 census.

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Northumberland County Landowner Map, 1858

Title
Township Maps	Cameron Township Chillisquaque Township Coal Township Delaware Township Jackson Township Jordan Township Lewis Township Limestone Valley Little Mahanoy Township Lower Augusta Township Lower Mahanoy Township Mount Carmel Township Point Township Rush Township Shamokin Township Turbut Township Upper Augusta Township Upper Mahanoy Township Washington Township Zerbe Township
Boroughs, Towns and Villages	Georgetown McEwensville Milton Northumberland Borough Shamokin Borough Sunbury Trevorton Turbutville

The following Township Warrantee Maps (these maps show the metes-and-bounds tracts of the first settlers) may be ordered from:

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
Pennsylvania State Archives
350 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0090
(717) 783-3281

The current price for each map is shown. Postage and handling is additional: $1.00 for orders up to $5.00; $2.50 for orders from $5.01-$20.00; $5.00 for orders $20.01-$100.00; $10.00 for orders over $100.00. Make checks payable to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Note: It appears that these are the only townships for which Commonwealth of Pennsylvania draftsmen connected the surveys and patents and created a complete Township Warrantee Map. If any researcher knows of additional land resources for the missing townships, please contact customer_service@ancestortracks.com.

Northumberland Co. Township Warrantee Maps
Township	Price
Coal	$12.50
Delaware	$12.50
East/West Cameron	$30.00
Lewis	$12.50
Mt. Carmel	$12.50
Point	$30.00
Ralpho	$12.50
Rockefeller	$10.00
Rush	$40.00
Shamokin	$12.50