Dorrance Township, Pennsylvania
Dorrance Township, United States
Dorrance Township, Pennsylvania shares 15 connections with 819 other places across 6 topics, spanning natural geography, colonial history, and early industry. The township sits in a valley between Penobscot Mountain and Nescopeck Mountain, linking it to other places through those shared landforms. Its name traces to George Dorrance, killed at the Battle of Wyoming in 1778. By 1865 the community had sawmills, gristmills, and a tavern. Its strongest co-connections are with neighboring Hollenback Township and Wright Township, Pennsylvania.
Big Wapwallopen Creek
Connects Dorrance Township, Pennsylvania to: Wright Township, Pennsylvania | Mountain Top, Pennsylvania | Rice Township, Pennsylvania | Hollenback Township, Pennsylvania | Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania
Nescopeck Mountain
Connects Dorrance Township, Pennsylvania to: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | Mountain Top, Pennsylvania | Butler Township, Pennsylvania | Fairview Township, Pennsylvania | Mifflin Township, Pennsylvania
Battle of Wyoming
Connects Dorrance Township, Pennsylvania to: Wyoming | Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | Pittston, Pennsylvania | Kingston, Pennsylvania | Danville, Pennsylvania
meetinghouse
Connects Dorrance Township, Pennsylvania to: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia | Dover, New Hampshire | Wilton, Connecticut | Sackets Harbor, New York | Duxbury, Massachusetts
Pennsylvania Route 309
Connects Dorrance Township, Pennsylvania to: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Hazleton, Pennsylvania | Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania
tavern
Connects Dorrance Township, Pennsylvania to: Connecticut | Stockholm, Sweden | Barrie, Ontario | Orillia, Ontario | Klerksdorp, South Africa