Editing Elkland, Pennsylvania (section)

===Elkland Borough===

In 1814 the township of Elkland was organized. Its territory, taken from [[Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Delmar Township]], extended along the New York state line from the ninety-third to the one hundred and fourth mile-stone—a distance of {{convert|11|mi|km|spell=in}}. It extended north and south a distance of {{convert|10|mi|km|spell=in}} and embraced within its boundaries the present borough of Elkland and townships of [[Nelson Township, Pennsylvania|Nelson]], [[Osceola Township, Pennsylvania|Osceola]], all of [[Farmington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Farmington]], and parts of [[Lawrence Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Lawrence]], [[Deerfield Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Deerfield]], and [[Middlebury Township, Pennsylvania|Middlebury]] townships. In December 1816, a part of the township of Lawrence was taken from it, and in September 1822, another portion of its territory went to Middlebury township. In February 1830, the territory of the township of Farmington was taken from it. Those several reductions confined it to a narrow strip, about {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} long, from east to west, by two and three-fourths miles wide, from north to south. By an act of the legislature, approved April 10, 1849, its territory was still further reduced by the creation of the borough of Elkland, to which, from time to time, additions have been made. In January 1857, all that part of the township not embraced in Elkland borough limits, lying west of a line extending through the center of that borough, from north to south, was erected into the township of Osceola, and in December 1857, all lying east of the same line became the township of Nelson, and Elkland township passed out of existence. By the subsequent extension of the Elkland borough limits south of the Cowanesque river, the townships of Osceola and Nelson both suffered material reductions of area. There is still left, however, a narrow strip between the southern boundary of Elkland and the northern boundary Farmington township, the western half of which belongs to Osceola Township, and the eastern half to the township of Nelson. Some years ago a movement was afoot to annex this strip to Elkland borough and thus give it and Osceola and Nelson townships more symmetrical boundaries, but for some reason the annexation was not made.