Welcome to Spring Brook Township!

Spring Brook Township was formed from Covington, Nov. 22, 1853. The population in 1870 was 426, and in 1880, 658. The north half was originally owned by Dr. Hoosic and the south half by Mr. Fisher, except 800 acres at Yostville, owned by H. W. Drinker.

Luzerne County was the original county, but later changed to Lackawanna County. The first settlement was made in 1832 by Abraham Turner. The original settlers, besides Turner, were Barney Casey and in 1833, Morgan Daniels, William Thomas and G. Laugher. Then in 1847. G. Y. Haines came.

The first pioneer sawmill was built in 1830 by Mr. Yeager at the mouth of Panther Creek on Spring Brook Creek. Later there were mills built by A. Dolph and William Dole and his brother who built a mill about 1845 on Spring Brook Creek. The main business was timbering which was large at the time but finally the mills were abandoned due to the lack of timber.

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