Editing Telford, Pennsylvania (section)

== History ==
===Founding===
Originally inhabited by the [[Lenape]] people, the area surrounding Telford began to be settled in 1719 by [[Mennonite]]s from the [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate of the Rhine]].  In 1857, the town known as '''County Line''', the area that had previously been known as Hendrick's Blacksmith, changed its name to Telford after the [[North Pennsylvania Railroad]] Company, which was later absorbed into [[Reading Company|Reading Railroad]], named its new station there after civil engineer [[Thomas Telford]].

===Incorporation as a borough===
The Borough of Telford was incorporated by decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Bucks County of November 10, 1886.<ref>Miscellaneous Docket 2, Pages 67-70, 72-73. Clerk of Courts of Bucks County, Pa. (Doylestown, Pa.). Available at the Mercer Museum (Doylestown, Pa.)</ref> A decade later, The Borough of West Telford was incorporated by decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Montgomery County of December 27, 1897.<ref>Miscellaneous Book 43, Pages 198–201 (recorded December 28, 1897). Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery County, Pa. (Norristown, Pa.).</ref> In 1934, the respective boroughs entered into an agreement for consolidation,<ref>Ordinance 45, Borough of West Telford (Pa.). Souderton [Pa.] Independent, Thursday, September 13, 1934, p. 10.</ref> and an election was held on this question on November 6, 1934. The voters of both boroughs approved the agreement, and on January 11, 1935, [[Gifford Pinchot|Governor Gifford Pinchot]] issued letters patent consolidating the two boroughs into the current Borough of Telford.<ref>Charter Book 3, Pages 3-4 (recorded November 2, 1938). Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery County, Pa. (Norristown, Pa.).</ref>