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==History== The area was first settled in the 1780s by John Nagle. The first [[sawmill]] was erected in 1806 by Hugh Conner. Many more sawmills were constructed in the area throughout the 19th century. John Stoddart established the [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of Stoddartsville in 1815. The following year (in 1816), he constructed the first church in the village.<ref name="Buck Township">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pagenweb.org/~luzerne/patk/buckstwp.htm|title = Buck Township}}</ref> The [[Stoddartsville Historic District]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1998.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> Buck Township was formed from [[Covington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Covington Township]] is 1833. The new township was named after one of its early settlers β George Buck.<ref name="Buck Township"/> <gallery mode=packed heights=200> Beaumont Free Methodist Church Buck TWP LuzCo PA.jpg|Beaumont Free Methodist Church Stodardsville Preservation Society Buck TWP LuzCo PA.jpg|Stoddartsville Preservation Society </gallery>
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