Choconut Township

Charles Lindburgh Landing in Choconut Township
Nov. 4, 1927

Charles Lindburgh in Choconut Township
Nov. 4, 1927

Churches:
St. Joseph's Catholic Church located on Rt. 4007
Quaker Church (vacant church) located on Rt. T695

*STOCKER'S HISTORY (1887)

The Pennsylvania Choconut Baptist Church &endash; first organized religious body in the township on Jan. 29, 1814. Meetings in homes and schoolhouse. After 1827 worship was held in the "Baptist meeting house". The church disbanded May 10, 1855.

Methodists worshipped in the school house in Choconut hamlet, later in the Baptist Church, then removed to the church at Vestal Center, about 4 miles north.

The Friend's Meeting was established early near Friendsville. A frame meetinghouse was built south of Choconut Lake. Broken up about 1830 because of a division between the Orthodox and Hicksite orders. Meetings resumed later and by 1839 the monthly meeting had 62 members. Removals caused the meeting to be discontinued in 1849.

Church of the Holy Spirit was built on the grounds of the Friend's Meeting but never consecrated.

Silver Lake Presbyterian Church, when first organized, had its house of worship on Choconut Creek in 1831-33. It was thereafter held in Silver Creek.

St. Joseph's College and Church, Roman Catholic, located on the Choconut Creek, was opened in 1852 and destroyed by fire in 1864.
Churches in Friendsville Borough
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church located on Rt. 4014

*STOCKER'S HISTORY (1887)

The original St. Francis Xavier's Church was built in 1831.

The Presbyterian congregation of Friendsville erected a church in 1841 and being unused it was removed in 1874.

The Friends Meeting and Episcopal Chapel can be found in the Choconut township list.
Cemeteries:
French and Indian War Cemetery, in Choconut, private property
John Locke Cemetery, Rt. 267 south of Choconut
Quaker Churchyard (near Friendsville), Rt. T695. off 4014
St. Joseph's Cemetery, on Rt. 4007, off 267N
Stanley Lake Cemetery, on private road, south edge of lake

Building and Geographic Information According to the 1872 Beers' Atlas of Susquehanna County. To obtain copies of maps e-mail us for details.
B. SHOPS - Borough of Friendsville (M. Welch)
BLACK SMITH SHOPS- Borough of Friendsville (J. O'Donnal)
CREEKS/BROOKS - Choconut Creek - Dist. #1; Dist. #2; Dist. #3
HOTELS - (2) Town of Friendsville (P. Ryan & J. Foster); Dist. #2
LAKES - Choconut Lake - Dist. #1
PONDS - Stanley Pond - Dist. #4
POST OFFICES - Borough of Friendsville; Dist. #1; Dist. #2; Dist. #3; Dist. #4; Dist. #5
SAW MILLS (S.M. or S. MILL) - Dist. #2; Dist. #3; Dist. #4
SCHOOLS - Borough of Friendsville; Dist. #1; Dist. #2; Dist. #3; Dist. #4; Dist. #5
STORES - Borough of Friendsville (Wm. Buffam); Dist. #1 (P. O. & Store); M. Hickey
WAGON SHOPS - (2) Borough of Friendsville (P. Matthews & M.C. Sutton)

Others:

L. Mill, Dist. #3
Sh., Borough of Friendsville

Place Names, Old and New
Choconut Township was formed on 27 Apr 1813. For further information, see also Township Incorporations.

Choconut, former post office, closed 15 May 1942 (mail routed through Friendsville P.O.); pop. 250 in 1900.

Friendsville, post office. Incorporated from Choconut, Apolacon, Forest Lake, and Middletown as a borough in 1848. Pop. 110 in 1900.

St. Joseph's, hamlet, originally called Mannington, after the boarding school there in the 1820s and 1830s run by John Mann. The school closed in 1833. In 1852 a Roman Catholic College and Church was established, called St. Joseph's. Former post office, closed 31 Aug 1953 (mail routed through Friendsville P.O.). Pop. 37 in 1900.

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