Lost and abandoned america

PORTER township was so named in honor of David R. Porter, governor of Pennsylvania in 1839-42, at the time it was struck off Redbank township. It is bounded on the north by Monroe and Limestone, on the east by Redbank, on the south by New Bethlehem and Redbank Creek, and on the west by Madison, Toby, and the southern corner of Piney. It contains, according to the assessor's account, 25,875 acres, nearly all of which is tillable land. It probably contains more than that. Shortly after it became a township it was laid off in school districts, each about two miles square. There are rich veins_ of coal, iron ore, limestone and fire clay lying within its limits.