Lovelton, Pennsylvania
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Lovelton is an unincorporated populated place in North Branch Township, Pennsylvania, United States.[1][2] It is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Jenningsville.[1]
A blacksmith named Azariah Winslow, who was one of the first settlers in North Branch Township, along with Vose and Lovelton, settled in the area of Lovelton circa 1800.[3][4] The community was named for the early settler of the same name.[4]
A hotel was opened in Lovelton in 1868 by S. Bigley, and the first school and post office in the township was also built in the village.[3][4] By 1880, the community contained a post office, a store, a blacksmith shop, a shoe shop, a gristmill, and approximately twenty homes. At this point, it was the only village in the township.[3] The Lovelton Grange Hall was built in 1904 and was still standing a century later, mostly unchanged.[4]
The North Branch Trout Derby Association has held a children's fishing derby in the hatchery grounds at Lovelton.[5]
