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Milford was organized in 1734.
Milford is the first township of the last group to be organized before 1752. Milford is the first township into which the Germans came in any considerable numbers. The heaviest German immigration took place between 1725 and 1740, and during this period a large number settled in the upper end of this county, and what is now Northampton and Lehigh. By 1775 they numbered about one half the population of Pennsylvania.
Knowledge of early Milford is neither extensive nor as accurate as
could be desired. It is not know who the first land-owner was, but
Joseph Growden owned a large tract there at an early day. Martin
Morris, who was there among the first, took up five hundred acres,
which he conveyed to Jacob Shelly. Those who signed the petition to be
organized as a township were: Cline, Clymer, Musselman, Jamison,
Nixon, Jones, Lawer, Wies, Ditter, Hoene, Sane. The first survey
showed the names of real estate owners as: Robert Gould, Michael
Atkinson, John Edwards, Thomas Roberts, David Jenkins, edwin Phillips,
Peter Evins, Michael Lightfoot, Arthur Jones, Morris Morris, John
Lander, Jacob Musselman, John Yoder, Peter Lock, Abraham Heston, John
Dodsel and Joseph Growden's
The villages of Milford township are
Trumbauersville, Spinnersville, near the Lehigh county line,
Steinsburg, and Milford Square.
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BRICK TAVERN |
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CRESSMAN
Former village, now a part of Trumbauersville |
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TRUMBAUERSVILLE
Formerly Charlestown
Post Office established in 1822 |
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SPINNERSTOWN
Post Office established in 1825
Named for the Spinner family which settled in 1753.
The village Zip Code is 18968.
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Spinnerstown Hotel
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STEINSBURG
a village in northeastern Milford Township on the Allentown road within a half mile of Lehigh County.3 | | | | | |
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CHURCHES
Lower Milford Union Church, founded 1769, Lutheran until 1805.
Names from the Lower Milford church: Koll, Lohaus, Heist, Miller, Zangmeister, Schuetz, Sax, Maurer, Cugler, Weber, Schantz, Leister, Bartholomew, Stachr, Frederick, Espick, Geisenhaimer, Roeller, Waage, Smith, Senn, Strassberger, Huber, Taber.
Schuetz's Lutheran, known as Saint John's (over 100 years old in 1876)
Mennonites had three churches in 1876, the earliest being built in 1735.
TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH, SPINNERSTOWN
Is now called the Trinity Great Swamp United Church of
Christ.
Their phone number at present is 215-679-7710.
The church has records of births, marriages
and deaths going back to approximately 1875.
FINLAND
Small village in southwest Milford Township on Unami Creek near the MontgomeryCounty line. It was once a post office, which has been discontinued, and mail is supplied by rural delivery. The village is not mentioned in any county history. The name seems to be recent and may have been first applied to the village when the post office was established. its derivation has not been determined, though it has been suggested that it may be a contraction of a term like "Fineland".
Place Names of Bucks County
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TOWN AND COUNTRY NEWSPAPER
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STEINSBURG
THIEVES MAKE A HAUL
The large general store, of Oliver H. ERDMAN, of
Steinsburg, Bucks County, was entered by thieves one night last week,
and looted to the value of about $105. The thieves confiscated a
number of ready made suits, jewelry, shoes etc., to the value of about
one hundred dollars. The cash drawer was also robbed of all the small
change left in it, which amounted to about five dollars. The robbers
gained entrance to the building by removing the transom above the
front door. They left no clue upon which they might be apprehended.
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - October 15, 1904
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WOMAN COMES FROM GERMANY TOMEET HUSBAND
A poor woman from Germany arrived in Allentown on
the immigrant train on Tuesday morning to surprise her husband who
came to this country several months ago, and who she supposed was
prospering. He had no knowledge of her coming. When the woman arrived
at her husband's boarding place she received the sad intelligence that
the man, being unable to find profitable employment, had sailed for
home several days ago. This unexpected news almost prostrated the
unfortunate woman, who had only sufficient funds to return to New
York, which she did on the next train.
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - May 21, 1904
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