Dauphin County Pennsylvania County government offices are
located at 2 South Second St., Harrisburg PA 17108; phone:
717-780-6300. An examination of the names of townships,
municipalities, and streets located within Dauphin County
reveals the names of the courageous, tenacious men and women
that left their homes in Philadelphia, West Chester, France,
England, and Ireland to forge a new life in a pristine land. The
first group of settlers, the French Huguenots such as Letort and
Chartier, pushed through the frontier until they reached the
Susquehanna River and the Indian Village of Peixtan. The
original residents of Peixtan, the nomadic Lenni Lenape Indians,
Received these pioneers and served as guides for the newcomers
as they searched for animal pelts. Survival in the harsh, rugged
frontier demanded perseverance from those daring enough to
surmount its daily challenges. The Scotch-Irish, colonists that
possessed these attributed, migrated from Ulster, Ireland to the
disputed Pennsylvania- Maryland border and