Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates/List of municipalities in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania/example

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''I have no idea what "attached to" mean. How can something be "created", but attached to another entity until a later date? It would be a good idea to clear out what it meant in List of counties in Pennsylvania.''

The format here was inspired from List of New Jersey hurricanes and similar lists: we only need to say what makes the inclusion relevant, any other information is superfluous and distracting, and using a table for what information really has to be included is downright silly.

Former townships
The territory which today makes up Lycoming County was purchased from the Iroquois at the two Treaties of Fort Stanwix in 1768 and 1784. The county was formed on April 13 1795 from part of Northumberland County. The county originally contained seven townships when formed: Lower Bald Eagle, Loyalsock, Lycoming, Muncy, Nippenose, Pine Creek, and Washington. Today Pine Creek is part of Clinton County and Lower Bald Eagle is part of both Centre and Clinton counties, but the rest are still in Lycoming County, although many other municipalities have been formed from these since. The second table lists each of the twenty known former incorporated areas in the county, and information on the modern successors of these today.


 * Allison Township: Incorporated some time before 1839, when it became part of the newly formed Clinton County.
 * Ceres Township: Incorporated in 1798 as part of Lycoming County, now in McKean County.
 * Chapman Township: Settled in 1780incorporated some time before 1839, when it became part of Clinton County.
 * Cherry Township: Incorporated from Shrewsbury Township in 1824, became part of Sullivan County in 1847 when that county was created.

Other counties formed from Lycoming
When originally formed in 1795, Lycoming County was "roughly estimated at about 12,000 square miles" (31,000 km²). Its territory stretched north to the New York state line, west to the Allegheny River, south nearly to the source of the West Branch Susquehanna River, and east to include modern Sullivan County. However by 1800, just five years after its formation, the first territory was taken from it to form new counties, a process that continued until 1847.

Eighteen other Pennsylvania counties today contain land that was once part of Lycoming County: five were formed completely from it, eight were formed from it and other counties, three were formed from counties that were themselves formed partly from it, one was formed from a county that was formed completely from it, and finally one received a township from it in 1861. The third list is of these counties and gives for each its name, date of formation, counties from which it was formed, as well as the area, population, and location in Pennsylvania.


 * Centre County: Created on February 13 1800 from parts of Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland, and Huntingdon Counties.
 * Armstrong County: Created on March 12 1800 from parts of Allegheny, Lycoming, and Westmoreland Counties.
 * Venango County: Created on March 12 1800from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming Counties; attached to Crawford County until 1805; included Warren County until 1819.
 * Warren County: Created on March 12 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming counties; attached to Crawford County until 1805 and then to Venango County until it was formally organized in 1819.
 * Indiana County: Created on March 30 1803 from parts of Lycoming and Westmoreland Counties; attached to Westmoreland County until 1806.

Villages and census-designated places
Lycoming County's townships include one census-designated place (CDP) and fifty villages. CDPs are geographical areas designated by the U.S. Census Bureau for the purposes of compiling demographic data. Villages are marked with signs by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Neither CDPs nor villages are actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law and their territory is legally part of the township(s) they are located in. This list indicates villages ordered by the towship they are located in. The only CDP in Lycoming County is Garden View, in Old Lycoming Township.
 * ’’Brown Township’’ (includes the villages of Cedar Run and Slate Run)
 * ’’Cascade Township’’ (includes the village of Kellyburg)
 * ’’Cogan House Township’’ (includes the villages of Beech Grove, Brookside, Cogan House, and White Pine)
 * ’’Cummings Township’’ (includes the village of Waterville)
 * ’’Eldred Township’’ (includes the village of Warrensville)
 * ’’Franklin Township’’ (includes the village of Lairdsville)
 * ’’Gamble Township’’ (includes the village of Calvert)
 * ’’Hepburn Township’’ (includes the villages of Cogan Station (partially, also in Lycoming Township) and Hepburnville)
 * ’’Jackson Township’’ (includes the village of Buttonwood)
 * ’’Jordan Township’’ (includes the villages of Lungerville and Unityville)
 * ’’Lewis Township’’ (includes the villages of Bodines, Field Station, and Trout Run)
 * ’’Limestone Township’’ (includes the villages of Collomsville, Oriole, and Oval)
 * ’’Lycoming Township’’ (includes the villages of Cogan Station (partially, also in Hepburn Township) and Quiggleville)
 * ’’McHenry Township’’ (includes the villages of Cammal, Haneyville, Jersey Mills, and Okome)
 * ’’McIntyre Township’’ (includes the villages of Marsh Hill and Ralston)
 * ’’McNett Township’’ (includes the villages of Chemung, Ellenton, Leolyn, Penbryn, and Roaring Branch)
 * ’’Mill Creek Township’’ (includes part of the village of Huntersville (also in Wolf Township))
 * ’’Moreland Township’’ (includes the village of Opp)
 * ’’Muncy Creek Township’’ (includes the village of Clarkstown)
 * ’’Muncy Township’’ (includes the village of Pennsdale)
 * ’’Nippenose Township’’ (includes the village of Antes Fort)
 * ’’Old Lycoming Township’’ (includes the [[census-designated place’’ of Garden View)
 * ’’Penn Township’’ (includes part of the village of Glen Mawr (also in Shrewsbury Township))
 * ’’Piatt Township’’ (includes the village of Larryville)
 * ’’Pine Township’’ (includes the villages of English Center and Oregon Hill)
 * ’’Plunketts Creek Township’’ (includes the villages of Barbours and Proctor)
 * ’’Shrewsbury Township’’ (includes the villages of Glen Mawr (partially, also in Penn Township) and Tivoli)
 * ’’Susquehanna Township’’ (includes the village of Nisbet)
 * ’’Upper Fairfield Township’’ (includes the villages of Farragut and Loyalsockville)
 * ’’Washington Township’’ (includes the village of Elimsport)
 * ’’Watson Township’’ (includes the village of Tombs Run)
 * ’’Wolf Township’’ (includes part of the village of Huntersville (also in Mill Creek Township))
 * ’’Woodward Township’’ (includes the village of Linden)