Benzinger Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania
former township in Elk County, Pennsylvania
Benzinger Township was a township in Elk County, Pennsylvania. According to the 1990 census, it had a population of 8,509. It was settled in 1842 and created on December 18, 1845. On November 5, 1991, the citizens of Benzinger Township voted for the Borough of St. Marys and Benzinger Township to be consolidated into the City of St. Marys. The city was officially recognized by the Governor of Pennsylvania on June 18, 1992.
“Benzinger Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania” enters the record as former township in Elk County, Pennsylvania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Benzinger, Township and County can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Benzinger Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Benzinger, Township and County provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4890773. Authority coordinates are 41.438, -78.543. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1990, 1842, 1845 and 1991.
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This entry incorporates text from “Benzinger Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.