Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
| Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania | |
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| Township | |
.svg) Location of Pennsylvania in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 41°57′00″N 75°29′29″W / 41.95000°N 75.49139°WCoordinates: 41°57′00″N 75°29′29″W / 41.95000°N 75.49139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Susquehanna |
| Settled | 1789 |
| Incorporated | 1809 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.58 sq mi (81.8 km2) |
| • Land | 31.3 sq mi (81 km2) |
| • Water | 0.28 sq mi (0.7 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,872 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 492 |
| • Density | 16.9/sq mi (6.5/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Zip Code | 18847 |
| Area code(s) | 570 |
| FIPS code | 42-115-32720 |
| Website | www |
Harmony Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 528 at the 2010 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.58 square miles (81.8 km2), of which, 31.3 square miles (81 km2) of it is land and 0.28 square miles (0.73 km2) of it (0.89%) is water.
The area was first settled in 1789 when a road was built to connect Stockport on the Delaware River to the Susquehanna River at Cascade Creek.
Harmony Township was formed in 1809 from parts of Willingborough (now Great Bend Twp) and New Milford Townships. The present-day Ararat, Oakland, Jackson, and Thomson Townships were later split from parts of Harmony Township. The borough of Susquehanna Depot was created in 1853 from part of Harmony Township.
Harmony, Pennsylvania, is an important historical site in the Latter Day Saint movement. Latter Day Saints believe that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were visited by the angel of John the Baptist near Harmony in 1829, where he bestowed on Smith and Cowdery the Aaronic priesthood. Smith and Cowdery subsequently baptized one another in the Susquehanna River.
Other significant events occurred there during the periodic residence of Smith from 1825 to 1830. Harmony was the home of Isaac Hale, father of Smith's wife, Emma Hale. Smith and his father boarded with Isaac Hale in 1825 while working on Josiah Stowell's mining project. In December 1827, Smith and Emma moved to Harmony from Manchester, New York, to work on the Book of Mormon. Eventually they bought a small farm and house, where most of the Book of Mormon was produced between April 7 and early June 1829. The first convert baptism, that of Samuel H. Smith, took place there ten days after Smith and Cowdery had baptized each other. Somewhere between Harmony and Colesville, New York, Peter, James, and John bestowed upon Smith and Cowdery the Melchizedek priesthood. After the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized by Smith in 1830, Smith and Emma returned to Harmony and lived there through that summer. Fifteen revelations now found in the Doctrine and Covenants were received in Harmony.
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