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Subject: Where is Homeville?
Date: 14 January 1998
Name: Jerome Dittman
Your E-Mail address: dittdad@aol.com

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> A reader writes:
> >The question I have you may not be able to answer, but here goes anyway. Was
> >a town by the name of Homeville in Washington Co about 1782?
> A list of cities, boroughs, and villages in 1900 lists
> a Homeville in Mifflin Twp., Allegheny Co. The current list
> of cities, twps, and boroughs does not contain a Homeville in
> Allegheny Co. The town could very well have been eaten up in
> the urban sprawl around Pittsburgh.
> In 1782, Washington Co. was much larger than today and contained
> parts of what are now Allegheny Co. You will need to do a little
> more research (check with the reference librarian at Carnegie
> Library of Pittsburgh) to find out if the area in Mifflin Twp. in
> 1900 was part of the area annexed from Washington Co. in 1788.
> I hope these clues are helpful to you along your path to getting
> a definitive answer.

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Subject:		Where is Homeville?
Date:		14 January 1998
Name:		Jerome Dittman
Your E-Mail address:		dittdad@aol.com
Text of Message:		> A reader writes: > >The question I have you may not be able to answer, but here goes anyway. Was > >a town by the name of Homeville in Washington Co about 1782? > A list of cities, boroughs, and villages in 1900 lists > a Homeville in Mifflin Twp., Allegheny Co. The current list > of cities, twps, and boroughs does not contain a Homeville in > Allegheny Co. The town could very well have been eaten up in > the urban sprawl around Pittsburgh. > In 1782, Washington Co. was much larger than today and contained > parts of what are now Allegheny Co. You will need to do a little > more research (check with the reference librarian at Carnegie > Library of Pittsburgh) to find out if the area in Mifflin Twp. in > 1900 was part of the area annexed from Washington Co. in 1788. > I hope these clues are helpful to you along your path to getting > a definitive answer.