Editing Dallas Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
In 1797, Ephraim McCoy, a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier, was one of the first known white settlers to construct a [[log cabin]] near modern-day [[Dallas, Pennsylvania|Dallas]]. Additional settlers followed in McCoy's footsteps. Sawmills were constructed along [[Toby Creek]] in the early 19th century. Sections of the township were converted into farmland following the clearing of trees.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pagenweb.org/~luzerne/patk/dalastwp.htm | title=Dallas Township }}</ref>

The township was formed in 1817 from territory taken from [[Kingston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Kingston Township]],<ref>[[Henry C. Bradsby|Bradsby, Henry C.]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=4BkVAAAAYAAJ History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 1893]</ref> and it was named for [[Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)|Alexander J. Dallas]], who was the 6th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] and also the father of [[George M. Dallas]], the vice president of [[James K. Polk]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b6dUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gDsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4345%2C5832140 | title=What's in a name? | work=Beaver County Times | date=January 28, 1996 | access-date=May 30, 2015 | pages=A3}}</ref>