Editing Waverly Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Originally a village in the original Abington Township, '''Abington Center''' was founded in the late 18th century by settlers from Connecticut, along the Warriors' Path. In 1854, it was incorporated as a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] named '''Waverly''' after [[Sir Walter Scott]]'s [[Waverley (novel)|novel of the same name]], popular at that time. It was renamed because there was another municipality named [[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington]] located near [[Philadelphia]]. The borough, located within Lackawanna County, gave up its charter in 1919 due to the high cost of upgrading its main street to a state highway, and became '''Abington Township'''.

[[File:Waverly Community House 2024.jpg|thumb|left|The Waverly Community House]]

Due to confusion between the Montgomery County township and Lacakwanna County's [[North Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|North]], [[South Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|South]], and [[West Abington Township, Pennsylvania|West]] Abington townships, township officials set up a ballot initiative to rename the municipality to Waverly based on one of its former names. On November 2, 2010, voters in the township overwhelmingly voted to change the township's name to Waverly Township, with 706 voting for the change and 115 against. The name change officially took place on January 1, 2011.<ref name=Rename1>{{cite web |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/voters-in-abington-twp-to-decide-on-proposed-name-change-1.1055378 |title=Voters in Abington Twp. to decide on proposed name change |author=Nissley, Erin L. |newspaper=[[Scranton Times-Tribune]] |date=October 28, 2010 |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Rename2>{{cite web |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/abington-changes-name-to-waverly-1.1058716 |title=Abington changes name to Waverly |author=Nissley, Erin L. |newspaper=Scranton Times-Tribune |date=November 3, 2010 |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref> The [[Waverly Historic District (Waverly Township, Pennsylvania)|Waverly Historic District]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2004.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>