The land was re-surveyed and then divided into 196 tracts. Settlement of the suits was made out of Court and the land was sold to the settlers at a cost of $1.75 per acre. In 1795, the proprietaries brought ejectment suits against the squatters to the U.S. Hanover Township was settled later than most of the other townships of the region during the 18th century because approximately 23,000 acres contained within its area belonged in the "Manor of Fermor" which was privately owned by the Penn family (Sir William Penn pictured above) and not officially open to settlement.
Additional annexations produced further loss of territory (i.e., in 1982, the Township shrank by 2.3 acres in the northwest corner with respect to land annexed to Catasauqua in connection with the Strawberry Hill Development).
This, of course, occurred at the expense of Hanover Township through annexation it was reduced in size to about one-third of its original area. Allentown and Bethlehem grew toward one another until their borders met. At that time, growth of the major cities began to extend into the surrounding townships. With the exception of an annexation by the Borough of Catasauqua in 1895, the Township's political boundaries did not change until early in the 20th century.
This original territory was retained until 1812 when Lehigh County was established and the Township was divided approximately two-thirds of its area went to Lehigh County and one-third remained in Northampton County.
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Its geographic limits at that time included the present area plus that which comprises Hanover Township, Northampton County, and the area immediately south of the current Township to the Lehigh River. Hanover Township was formed from the southern portion of Allen Township by decree of the Bucks County Court in 1798.
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