Lenox Township

Grow's Church, Glenwood, PA
ca. 1910 - 1915

Street View, Lenoxville, PA
ca. 1910 - 1915

Churches:
Acre Lake Independent Baptist Church located on Rt. 106
Glenwood Bible Church located on Rt. 374
Glenwood Independent Baptist Church located on Rt. 92
Lenoxville Methodist Church located on Rt. 374
Pilgrim Holiness Church located on Rt. 374
West Lenox Baptist Church located on Rt. 2043

*STOCKER'S HISTORY (1887)

The First Baptist Church in Lenox is the oldest religious body in the township, constituted December 15, 1830. The first meetings were held in the old schoolhouses. The first church was dedicated in 1866 and destroyed by fire, August 29, 1875. The second church was dedicated October 4, 1882.

West Lenox Free-Will Baptist Church located on the west shore of Loomis Lake. Started during the Civil War, it took several years to complete. Since Aug. 18, 1873, an incorporated body has controlled it.

The Lenoxville Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1866 and incorporated Jan. 18, 1868.

The Glenwood Methodist Episcopal Church was incorporated August 1882.

The Union Church at Glenwood Tannery was erected in 1856.

A class of Methodists was organized here in 1875

The Glenwood Chapel, a house for religious meetings, a portion of which was started as early as 1835 as a schoolhouse.

Cemeteries:
Acre Lake Cemetery/Tower Cemetery, Rt. 2043
Bell Cemetery, between Cameron Corners & Glenwood, south side of road, Rt. 92
Loomis Lake Cemetery now Earl Forward Farm, private property
Rynearson Cemetery, off Rt. 92, private property

Building and Geographic Information According to the 1872 Beers' Atlas of Susquehanna County. To obtain copies of maps e-mail us for details.
BLACK SMITH SHOPS (B.S. SH.) - Dist. #1; Dist. #2 (Machine & B.S. Sh. - C. W. Conrad); Dist. #8; Dist. #11
CREEKS/BROOKS - East Branch Tunkhannock - Dist. #1 Dist. #13, Dist. #2; Tunkhannock Creek - Dist. #2, Dist. #11, Dist. #5; Martin's Creek - Dist. #7
GRIST MILLS (G. Mill) - Dist. #2 ( G. & S. Mill); Dist. #5
HOTELS - Dist. #2 (Glenwood - A. F. Snover)
LAKES - Loomis Lake - Dist. #7; Robinson Lake - Dist. #14
PONDS - Round Pond - Dist. #3; Tea Pond - Dist. #1
POST OFFICES (P.O.) - Dist. #2 (Glenwood); Dist. #5
SAW MILLS (S.M. or S. MILL) - (2) Dist. #2 (one Glenwood G. & S. Mill); Dist. #6; Dist. #11; (3) Dist. #13
SCHOOLS - Dist. #2; Dist. #3; Dist. #4; Dist. #5; Dist. #6; Dist. #7; Dist. #8; Dist. #9; Dist. #10; Dist. #11; Dist. #12; Dist. #13; Dist. #14
STORES - Dist. #2 (P. O. & Store)

Others:

Boot & Shoe Shop, Dist. #2 ( C. Burt)
Coal, Dist. #13
L. Mill, Dist. #5
Machine & B.S. Shop, Dist. #2 (C. W. Conrad)
Railroad - D. L. & W. - Dist. #7
Tannery, Dist. #2 (Glenwood)
Turnpike, Dist. #13 (Lonsdale & Brooklyn)
Vineyard, Dist. #2

Place Names, Old and New
Lenox Township was formed during the August Session (of the Court of Quarter Sessions) in 1813. For further information, see also Township Incorporations.

East Lenox, former post office, closed 15 Mar 1915 (mail routed through Clifford P.O.).

Foster, former post office, former railroad station; pop. 299 in 1900.

Glenwood, former post office, closed 30 Apr 1908 (mail routed through Nicholson P.O.); pop. 100 in 1900.

Hop Bottom, former post office, former telegraph station and express office. Incorporated as a borough 11 Apr 1881.

Lenox, former post office, opened 29 Sept 1826 and closed 30 Dec 1933 (mail routed through Hop Bottom P.O.); pop. 65 in 1900.

Lenoxville, town in the south east corner. The area was first settled in 1797 by Isaac Doud, and the place was originally called "Doud's Hollow." Doud's grist mill, which he built in 1806, was the first in the area. A post office was established 28 Jan 1851. Pop. 108 in 1900.

West Lenox, former post office, opened 24 May 1866 and closed 30 Sep 1908 (mail routed through Kingsley P.O.); pop. 32 in 1900.

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