THE HANOVER TOWNSHIPS I would like for someone who knows the territory to tell me if I have the evolution of the Hanover Townships of Dauphin and Lebanon Counties correct. Here is what I think: First there was just one big Hanover Township that was, until 1785, in the northern part of Lancaster County. Although not official until 1785, there was much talk about splitting it up into East Hanover and West Hanover. When Dauphin County spun off of Lancaster County in 1785, the old Hanover Township split into two parts: East Hanover Township and West Hanover Township, both townships now being in Dauphin County. This is how it remained until 1813 when a new county, Lebanon County, spun off of Dauphin County. The 1813 Dauphin-Lebanon county line divided the old East Hanover Township into two parts. The larger part of the old East Hanover Township now became the new East Hanover Township of Lebanon County. The remaining (smaller) part of the old East Hanover Township remained in Dauphin County and was enlarged to include some of the eastern part of the old West Hanover Township. The new East Hanover Township of Dauphin County was the result. The old West Hanover Township of Dauphin County remained except that its eastern part became part of the new East Hanover Township. This resulted in the two Hanover Townships of Dauphin County being of more equal size. The bottom line is that the original Hanover Township was split into two parts in 1785, and into three parts in 1813, the latter split resulting in two East Hanovers in two different counties. The really confusing part about all this for genealogists is that quite a few ancestors lived and died in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County, in the period 1785-1813, but when you go to find them today it turns out that they lived and died in what is now East Hanover Township, Dauphin County. One of my ancestors actually first settled in the western part of East Hanover, Dauphin (now Lebanon). He resettled a mile or two to the west to (now) East Hanover, Dauphin. But his land and estate records in Harrisburg say West Hanover, Dauphin. Is there not a nice map, with overlays, that shows the boundaries of the Hanover Townships for the three periods: before 1785; 1785-1813; after 1813? If not, someone familiar with Dauphin County should draw one, maybe with the help of someone familiar with Lebanon County. Any volunteers? I, for one, would buy such a map. Dwayne Wrightsman Lee, NH