Crawford County, Pennsylvania


History & Biography
1879

Part I:  Directory
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TOWNVILLE,
Situated on Muddy Creek, near the southwest corner of the township, contains three churches, one school, two hotels, five stores, four blacksmith shops, two carriage shops, one grist mill, two wooden bowl manufactories, two milliner shops, a photograph gallery, three doctors' offices, and had, in 1870, 280 inhabitants.  It was incorporated as a borough in 1869.  Messrs. Kingsley and Post were the first two to build here, the former in 1833, and the latter in 1837.