Created on September 19,1789, from parts of Cumberland and Northumberland Counties and named for Governor Thomas Mifflin. Lewistown, the county seat, was laid out in 1790 and incorporated as a borough on April 11, 1795. However, the charter apparently was not accepted, for it was reincorporated on February 6, 1811. It was named for William Lewis, local ironmaster. The first legitimate settlers had barely arrived after the Albany Purchase of 1745 when the area was involved in the Indian raids of 1755 to 1763. Fort Granville fell to Indian assault in 1756. Lewistown and Mifflintown were rivals for designation as the county seat because there was topographical division at the Narrows. The formation of Juniata County settled the matter. The Pennsylvania Canal arrived in 1829 followed twenty years later by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the county was also favored by being on the route of the William Penn Highway (later U.S. 22). Despite mountains, the Kishacoquillas Valley is fertile, and limestone, glass quality sand, silica sand, and ganister are profitable. A silk industry was converted to rayon, then to nylon, and now to polyester. In the 1930s Vicose Silk had 4,000 employees, 10 percent of the county’s population. Iron and steel were once produced, leaving in their trail the current trades of fabricated forgings, rolled rings, and railroad wheels and axles. Forty percent of the work force is still engaged in manufacturing. One-third of the area is in farmland, and egg and dairy production is high. Let’s see the Pennsylvania golf courses in Mifflin County.
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