Before I continue, several have asked for the source of this information. It comes from the book " Place Names In Warren County, Pennsylvania" By: Ernest C. Miller. Clarendon - A borough in Mead township. Named for Thomas Clarendon of New York City, a partner with F.H. Rockwell of Honesdale, Pennsylvania; they were joint owners of large land and timber tracts in the vicinity. The place was first called Pattonia for the railroad builder, William Patton, who had the contract to build the rail line through the area. Patton announced in the Warren (PA) Mail for June 2, 1860, that he was selling all his building equipment since his railroad construction contract had been completed. The borough was chartered March 6, 1882. Much of the town was destroyed in a disastrous fire on July 4, 1887. Present-day Clarendon was previously called North Clarendon. Old Clarendon, unidentified today, is about three-quarters of a mile southwest of the Clarendon railroad depot and was at one time the site of the chief settlement. Cobham Station - A small settlement and a former railroad stopping place in Deerfield township. Named to honor Brigadier General George A. Cobham of Warren, who was killed in the Civil War the day after he had been promoted to General, at Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, in 1864. The GAR post in Tidioute, Pennsylvania was named the " General George A. Cobham Post 311" in his memory. The Cobham family history is most unusual. Henry Cobham of England, a descendant of Lord Henry Cobham, died in 1825 leaving his wife, Catherine, and two sons. Within a few years, a younger brother and law graduate, George Ashworth Cobham, married the widow. Upon the death of an aunt, the Cobhams inherited her estate and properties until the boys had reached legal age. Catherine and George Cobham spent their fortune lavishly and soon he was thrown into debtor's prision; at the same time, the authorities tried to have the marriage annulled in the Ecclesiastical Court. To avoid more trouble, the Cobhams and their sons, now three in number, fled to France and thence to America in 1836. After spending some time in Jamestown, New York, George Cobham finally found the land he liked - eleven hundred acres near Warren, Pennsylvania. Here Cobham Castle and many out-buildings were erected, all from lumber cut and milled on the Cobham lands. When sons Henry and George reached manhood, they were told that Henry Cobham was their true father, not George. Stepfather George also had to tell the boys he had been receiving and spending their income without settling any of the past English debts. When this shocking information blew over, the boys worked harder than ever before at lumbering and farming operations. In 1856 a panic hit the country and suddenly unpaid bills flooded in upon George Ashworth Cobham. The stepsons were astounded at the amount of these debts and George took what funds he could and left home forever. Henry stayed on and completed the building program and in 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army and served for a short time. Lady Cobham died in 1866 and her husband four years later. Though George Ashworth Cobham died broke, he left a grandiloquent will and many detailed instructions. Stepson Henry, the real Lord Cobham, was sued time after time by his half-sisters and the court struggles relating to the Cobham estate continued into the 1920's. The late Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Robert H. Jackson, wrote a learned article on this subject titled "Falstaff's Descendants in the Pennsylvania Courts", which was published in the University Of Pennsylvania Law Review for December 1952. Cobham Castle stands proudly on its Warren County hilltop today. It is privately owned and not available to the public. Columbus - A township and a village. The township was named in a most unusual manner. Two of the early settlers each wished to name it for their former places of residence. David Curtis had come from Sherburne, New York, and favored that name while Kimball Webber had come from Columbus, New York, and favored it. After an angry debate, the two decided that the one who furnished the most whisky on election day would name the township. Webber supplied five gallons and therefore named the township Columbus. The first post office in the township was called Coffee Creek, but after the naming of the township it became Columbus, too. The township was organized by the court March 8, 1821, and orginally called Northwest township because of it's location within the county. It was organized as a separate township, Columbus, on May 30, 1825. Columbus borough was incorporated March 19, 1853, but gave up its charter January 1, 1925, and became part of the township again. More to follow.................. Dennis R. Davis R8459@aol.com