1875
The Township of Mauch
Chunk was originally part of East Penn and Lausanne Townships. It was set up from these two townships on August
23, 1827. By that time, the Lehigh Coal
& Navigation Co. was making great inroads into developing the coal lands of
the area, and the new township, named for the LC&N’s main point of operations,
was mainly controlled by the company. It
encompassed the villages of Mauch Chunk, Nesquehoning & Summit Hill, as
well as the Panther Creek Valley north of Summit Hill where the town of
Lansford would later be. Beginning in
the 1830s, the LC&N began selling off lots within the township to private
owners, leading the way to the incorporation of the villages into
boroughs. This began in 1850 with the
incorporation of the town of Mauch Chunk, was followed by the towns of Summit
Hill and Lansford in the late 1800s, and finally the borough of Nesquehoning in
the 1960s. Following the incorporation
of Nesquehoning, the remains of old Mauch Chunk Township were divided between
the above named boroughs and the township itself was dissolved, making it the
only township in Carbon Co. that no longer is in existence.
Of the property
owners shown below, many are repeated in the enlargement maps of the various
villages that existed within the township at the time of this map. This is especially true of the village of
Hackelbernia at the western end of Mauch Chunk Borough.
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PROPERTY
OWNER |
LOCATION |
NOTES
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Bartell, H. |
Hackelbernia |
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Beltz, J. |
Bloomingdale |
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Beltz, T. |
Bloomingdale |
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Betts, P. |
Bloomingdale |
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Bonheiser, J. |
S.
of Hackelbernia, Mahoning Mt. road |
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Briggs, Mrs. |
Between
Hackelbernia & Mauch Chunk |
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Brisline, T. |
Bloomingdale |
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Central RR of NJ |
Glen
Onoko |
Depot |
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Christman, D. |
Bloomingdale |
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Clace, A. |
Hackelbernia |
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Clioner, B. |
Hauto
Station |
Telephone Office |
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Confort, D. |
Mauch
Chunk to Summit Hill highway |
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Conley, B. & Lehr, J. |
Hackelbernia |
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Corrigan, J. |
S.
of Hackelbernia, Mahoning Mt. road |
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Detter, D. |
Hackelbernia |
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Dreisbach, E. |
Mauch
Chunk to Summit Hill highway |
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Elliot, C. |
NW,
Hauto Station |
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Fisher, H., Mrs. |
Bloomingdale |
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Freeman, H. |
Between
Hackelbernia & Mauch Chunk |
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Frendt |
Hackelbernia |
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Gallagher, J. |
Between
Hackelbernia & Mauch Chunk |
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Heinsingburg, H. |
Hackelbernia |
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Jail |
Mauch
Chunk |
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Ketry, M. |
Bloomingdale |
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Kutz, R. |
Bloomingdale |
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Labine, C. |
Mauch
Chunk to Summit Hill highway |
Name more commonly spelled
"Lobien" |
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Lehigh & Wilkes Barre Coal Co. |
Lansford |
Various properties, inc. Breaker #
8 & 9 |
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Lehigh & Wilkes Barre Coal Co. |
NW,
Hauto Station |
Various lots and buildings |
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Lehigh & Wilkes Barre Coal Co. |
SW
of Nesquehoning |
Engine house, Tunnel # 2, various
buildings & coal workings |
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Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. |
Coalport |
Several houses & other
buildings and lots |
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Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. |
Lehigh
River below Mauch Chunk borough |
Weigh Lock and Lock house |
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Lehigh Valley Railroad |
Lehigh
River below Mauch Chunk borough |
Depot |
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Markey, P. |
Hauto
Station |
Telegraph & Weighing Office |
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Marks, D. |
Hackelbernia |
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McCague, T. |
NW,
Hauto Station |
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Miller, Mrs. |
Bloomingdale |
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Miller, W. F. & Frendt |
Hackelbernia |
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Myers |
Between
Hackelbernia & Mauch Chunk |
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Neigh, P. |
Bloomingdale |
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Owner not apparent |
Bloomingdale |
Saw Mill |
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Quant, W. |
Hackelbernia |
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Reboldt, M. |
Hackelbernia |
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Redline, A. |
Bloomingdale |
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Reekave, E. |
Mauch
Chunk to Summit Hill highway |
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Remaley, S. |
Bloomingdale |
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Ritz & Rehrig |
Hackelbernia |
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Roman Catholic |
Coalport |
Cemetery |
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Schlafge, C. |
Hackelbernia |
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School |
Lehigh
River below Mauch Chunk borough |
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Shire, C. |
Hackelbernia |
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Shrrer, C. |
Hackelbernia |
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Smith, D. |
Hackelbernia |
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Stengle, J. |
Bloomingdale |
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Stine, J. K. |
Hackelbernia |
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Stokely & Savage |
Hackelbernia |
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Straub, J. |
Bloomingdale |
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Swinebelts, T. |
NW,
Hauto Station |
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Werner, George |
Lansford |
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Wimmer |
Hackelbernia |
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Wire Mill |
Mauch
Chunk |
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