Spring Township

Originally founded as Upper Bald Eagle Township in 1786.
The name Spring Township was derived from the various natural springs located throughout the township, including "Blue" Spring, "Boiling Springs" and the "Big Spring".
1814 Name Changed to Covington Township, but changed back in 1815.
Pioneer settler's goals were to build roads to the nearest flour mills.
Iron Ore & iron products forged in Spring Township aid in the sinking of the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813.
Brass & limestone industries began in the early 1800's.
Grist Mill built along Logan Branch in 1796.
The Mann Axe Factory produced the Red Man Axe, which historians claim cleared most of the unsettled West.
During the early 1900's, 2 of the state's largest fairgrounds were in Spring Township.
The first lime was shipped out of Spring Township in 1863 from a single kiln owned by A.G. Morris.
Spring Township was the home to 3 airports.
Major railroad built between 1858 & 1893, giving residents connection to outside world.
Spring Township native, Abram Valentine, invented the Ore Washing Machine, greatly affecting the Iron Industry.
Two tollhouses within the Township, one still stands today along S. Main Street. The other was demolished years ago and was located near the Cerro Plant, down Axemann Road
Nittany Iron Works (now Cerro), was established in the early 1900's.
Logan Branch is named for the Oneida Chief Shickellemy's son, Logan, who camped for some time at the Blue Spring along Axemann Road.
First school house built in 1808 along the Logan Branch.
Coleville offered work: Brickyard, sawmills and iron furnaces.
The Noll Brothers bought land in Pleasant Gap and hired a company to prospect it the area and found it rich in Limestone, which established the Whiterock Quarry.
Greensvalley was a rich farming area in Spring Township.
Axemann area, along Logan Branch, was also rich in farms.
Coleville was home to a sawmill and woolen mill.
Pleasant Gap was home to a distillery, a gristmill, cigar factory, chopping mill, slaughterhouse and butcher shop.