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Northampton County Chronology

1752, Mar 11 - NORTHAMPTON created from BUCKS and Non-County Area 1. (Pa. Stat., ch. 393, sec. 1/5:141)

1772, Mar 21 - NORTHAMPTON lost to the creation of NORTHUMBERLAND. (Pa. Stat., ch. 644, sec. 1/8:143-144)

1774, Jan 12 - NORTHAMPTON overlapped by LITCHFIELD (Conn.) when Connecticut asserted its charter claim to northeastern Pennsylvania. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 17, 92; Conn. Col. Recs., 13:427, 14:218)

1776, Oct 10 - NORTHAMPTON overlapped by WESTMORELAND (Conn.), which replaced LITCHFIELD (Conn.). (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 17, 92; Conn. St. Recs., 1:7)

1782, Dec 30 - NORTHAMPTON's overlap by WESTMORELAND (Conn.) ended when Congress ruled in favor of Pennsylvania's claim to area. (Susquehannah Co. Papers, 7:xxxiii, 245)

1795, Apr 17 - Boundary between NORTHAMPTON and LUZERNE clarified [no change]. (Pa. Stat., ch. 1848, sec. 1/15:312)

1798, Mar 21 - NORTHAMPTON lost to the creation of WAYNE. (Pa. Stat., ch. 1986, sec. 1/16:64)

1811, Mar 1 - NORTHAMPTON lost to the creation of SCHUYLKILL. (Pa. Laws 1810-1811, ch. 54, sec. 1/p. 61)

1812, Mar 6 - NORTHAMPTON lost to the creation of LEHIGH. (Pa. Laws 1811-1812, ch. 49, sec. 1/p. 76)

1836, Sep 1 - NORTHAMPTON lost to the creation of MONROE. (Pa. Laws 1835-1836, no. 144, secs. 1-2/p. 430)

1843, Sep 1 - NORTHAMPTON lost to the creation of CARBON. (Pa. Laws 1843, no. 41, secs. 1-2/p. 85)

Source: The Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Chicago, IL. Northampton County Chronology.