Editing Wolf Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Wolf Township was formed from part of [[Muncy Township, Pennsylvania|Muncy Township]] by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lycoming County in 1834. The township is named for [[George Wolf]], [[governor of Pennsylvania]] from 1829 to 1835. The boroughs of [[Hughesville, Pennsylvania|Hughesville]] and [[Picture Rocks, Pennsylvania|Picture Rocks]] are on land that was taken from Wolf Township.<ref name="meg">{{cite book
 | last = Meginness
 | first = John Franklin
 | title = History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: including its aboriginal history; the colonial and revolutionary periods; early settlement and subsequent growth; organization and civil administration; the legal and medical professions; internal improvement; past and present history of Williamsport; manufacturing and lumber interests; religious, educational, and social development; geology and agriculture; military record; sketches of boroughs, townships, and villages; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, etc. etc. 
 | year = 1892
 | url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/lyco-history-01.html
 | access-date = 2007-02-20
 | edition = 1st
 | publisher = Brown, Runk & Co.
 | location = Chicago
 | isbn = 0-7884-0428-8
 | chapter = Shrewsbury, Wolf, and Penn
 | chapter-url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/Chapter-38.html
 | quote = (Note: ISBN refers to Heritage Books July 1996 reprint. URL is to a scan of the 1892 version with some [[Optical Character Recognition|OCR]] typos).
}}</ref>

Wolf Township has grown to a population of 2,907 residents as of the 2010 census, up from 734 residents at the census of 1890.<ref name="meg"/>

===Quarries===
The [[geology]] of Wolf Township played a role in its history. [[Limestone]] was quarried west of Hughesville for use as [[lime (material)|lime]], used in large quantities as building and [[materials science|engineering materials]] (including limestone products, [[concrete]] and [[mortar (masonry)|mortar]]) and as [[chemical]] feedstocks, among other uses. Wolf Township was also the home to several [[Bluestone#United States and Canada|Pennsylvania bluestone]] quarries. Pennsylvania bluestone has many uses, from cut dimensional stone used in patios, walkways and [[stair tread]]s to architectural stone used in buildings. It is also used for wallstone, decorative boulders, natural steps and other [[landscape]] features.<ref name="meg"/>

===Early settlers and industry===
David Aspen was the first white settler to live within the borders of what is now Wolf Township. He was scalped during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], when his and other settlements throughout the Susquehanna valley were attacked by [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]] and Native Americans allied with the British. After the [[Battle of Wyoming|Wyoming Valley battle and massacre]] in the summer of 1778 (near what is now [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]]) and smaller local attacks, the "[[Big Runaway]]" occurred throughout the [[West Branch Susquehanna Valley]]. Settlers fled feared and actual attacks by the British and their allies. Homes and fields were abandoned, with livestock driven along and a few possessions floated on rafts on the river east to [[Muncy, Pennsylvania|Muncy]], then further south to [[Sunbury, Pennsylvania|Sunbury]]. The abandoned property was burnt by the attackers. Some settlers soon returned, only to flee again in the summer of 1779 in the "Little Runaway". [[Sullivan's Expedition]] helped stabilize the area and encouraged resettlement, which continued after the war.<ref name="picture">{{cite book
 | others = The Lycoming County Unit of the Pennsylvania Writers Project of the [[Work Projects Administration]]
 | title = A Picture of Lycoming County
 | year = 1939
 | url = http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/digitalbookshelf/2799521/
 | format = PDF
 | access-date = 2006-07-23
 | edition = First
 | publisher = The Commissioners of Lycoming County Pennsylvania
 }}</ref> Abraham Webster was another of the early settlers to be attacked, only he survived and returned to Wolf Township twelve years after the Big Runaway. His entire family had been killed, but he returned with a new wife and re-established his home.<ref name="meg"/>

The earliest industrial venture in Wolf Township was a [[gristmill]] constructed in 1816. A wool [[carding]] mill was built in 1842. There were also several sawmills in the township that were part of the lumber industry that covered much of Pennsylvania during the late 1800s.<ref name="meg"/>