Anthony Township

Township offices are located on Route 2, Linden, PA 17744; phone: 570-322-6281.

Erected in 1844 from Old Lycoming Township, Anthony was named for Judge Joseph B. Anthony. During the period of the Indian wars it was part of the "Fair Play" [1] territory. One of the first 3 German Baptist churches in America was founded here. Bruce Caldwell was the earliest settler. [2]

1. The Fair Play Men were illegal settlers (squatters) who established their own system of self-rule from 1773 to 1785 in the West Branch Susquehanna River valley of Pennsylvania' source: Fair Play Men, en.wikipedia.org, accessed May, 2011.
2. Works Progress Administration, Pennsylvania Writers' Project, A Picture of Lycoming County, Commissioners of Lycoming County, 1939.