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- Salford became a free borough in about 1230, when it was granted a charter as a free borough by the Earl Ranulph of Chester.
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Salford Township, founded in 1892, is a portion of the original Salford Township. In 1741, because of population growth the original Salford Township split into Marlborough, Upper Salford and Lower Salford townships, and part of Franconia Township.
Salford Township History. Settlement began as early as 1717. A township named Salford had been established about 1727 and contained upwards of thirty thousand (30,000) acres of land and included what is now known as Lower Salford, Upper Salford, Marlborough and Franconia Townships.
The first Pennsylvania counties were formed in 1682; county names and boundaries did not stabilize until 1878 — which means for nearly 200 years they were changing! County evolutions were compiled from information at the various PAGenWeb county sites and by using "AniMap" software from Gold Bug.
Salford Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,504 at the 2010 census. History. The Landis Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] Geography
On 1 April 1974, the City and County Borough of Salford was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and was replaced by the metropolitan borough of City of Salford, one of ten local government districts in the new metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.
Most cities in Pennsylvania were once incorporated as a borough before becoming a city, and both began under the constitution as a township. Boroughs are not strictly classified by population and are administered through the borough legal code.
One of the most dramatic events to affect the residents of Lower Salford Township occurred in the 1850's when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania revised the public school system and required all teaching to be done in English.
