WEBSITE HOSTING AVAILABLE for COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES: In January 2008, the Greene County Commissioners began offering Municipal Website Hosting, to encourage our townships and boroughs to compile information about their own municipality that would benefit the residents of that municipality.
We're proud to announce that Perry Township has been the first to take advantage of our county website hosting service.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Terry W. Barzanti, Chairman
Board of Supervisors
P. O. Box 369 Bobtown, PA 15315
Phone — 724-839-7273 Fax — 724-839-7319
Email — dunkardtwp@windstream.net
Bobtown Volunteer Fire Company
To Report a Fire — 911
Business Call Only — Phone: 724-839-7140
Annex — Phone: 724-839-7133
ABOUT DUNKARD TOWNSHIP:
Dunkard Township was formed in 1754 and incorporated in 1798. In 1794, the Washington County court was petitioned to divide Greene into Greene, Whitely, and Dunkard. This was not acted upon until 1798, two years after Greene County was set off from Washington. Dunkard Township is in Congressional District 12, 46th Senatorial District and 50th Legislative District of Pennsylvania.
Children living within Dunkard Township attend schools within the Southeastern Greene School District and include:
Bobtown Elementary School (724-839-7241)
Mapletown High (724-943-3401)
Mapletown Middle & High School (724-943-3401)
Superintendent (724-943-3630)
Bobtown Reading Center: Click here, 777 Larimer Avenue, Bobtown, PA (Phone: 724-839-7469). Voting Precincts: Dunkard Township has four places for voting, dependent upon place of residence, as follows:
Dunkard-Bobtown Precinct: Bobtown-Shannopin Civic Club, 777 Larimer Avenue, Bobtown, PA 15315 (Civic Club Phone: 724-839-7310)
Dunkard-Dilliner Precinct: Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church, 292 Mt. Pleasant Road, Dilliner, PA 15327 (Church Phone: 724-943-4823)
Dunkard-Lower Precinct: Dilliner First Baptist Church, 106 Plant Road, (Taylortown) Dilliner, PA 15327 (Church Phone: 724-324-5493)
Dunkard-Upper Precinct: Dunkard Township Grange Hall, Davistown, PA 15349
For more information, contact the Greene County Elections Office at 724-852-5304. Dunkard Township Coordinance: Latitude: 39º46'00"N, Longitude: -79º59'58"W. The geography of Dunkard Township according to the United States Census Bureau, has a total area of 82.8 km˛ (32.0 mi˛). 82.0 km˛ (31.7 mi˛) of it is land and 0.8 km˛ (0.3 mi˛) of it (0.94%) is water.
DUNKARD TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS: (List updated 10/20/2011, per Linda Huggins, Township Secretary)
Chairman: Terry W. Barzanti — P.O. Box 369, Bobtown, PA 15315 (Phone: 724-839-7273)
Vice-Chairman: David L. Pritchard, Jr. — P.O. Box 369, Bobtown, PA 15315 (Phone: 724-839-7273)
3rd Member: Joseph Gacek — P.O. Box 369, Bobtown, PA 15315 (Phone: 724-839-7273)
Dunkard Balley Joint Municipal Authoirty Water Plant, Greensboro — Phone: 724-943-3122
Scheduled Board Meetings: The Township Board of Supervisors meet the 2nd Thursday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at the township municipal building, 370 North Moreland Street in Bobtown, PA 15315. Meeting Notes: To view the board meeting notes, please contact the Dunkard Township Office. Permits and Ordinances: To view Dunkard Township permits and ordinances, please contact the Dunkard Township Office. Deed Transfers: A deed is the document that transfers ownership of real estate. It contains the names of the old and new owners and a legal description of the property, and is signed by the person transferring the property. Property Deeds for Greene County are recorded in our Office of Register and Recorder, located in the Greene County Courthouse, Room 100, 10 East High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370 (Phone: 724-852-5283). For more information, go to: Recorder of Deeds.
Click here for deed transfers recorded within Dunkard Township of Greene County, Pennsylvania. Comprehensive Plan with Township Demographics: Almost two years after beginning the process, eight municipalities in southeastern Greene County held a final public meeting Monday, October 27, 2008 on a draft of their multi-municipal comprehensive plan. Municipalities participating in the effort included Carmichaels and Greensboro Boroughs and Cumberland, Dunkard, Greene, Monongahela, Perry and Wayne Townships. The November 3, 2008 the final draft plan was ready for the 45-day comment period (to end on December 19, 2008);
click here to view the Southeastern Greene County Cooperative Communities Comprehensive Plan. For more information, read the News Articles. Also see the Greene County Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Department of Economic Development.
NOTABLE MENTIONED WITHIN DUNKARD TOWNSHIP:
Historical Properies: Marion Bridge (on National Register Listed Properties since 1988) No. L.R. 451
Shannopin Mine Coal Miners Memorial — is located in Bobtown, is a memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Shannopin Mine. The Shannopin Mine roughly covered 8,200 acres and mined the Pittsburgh coal seam from 1926 to 1993 in Bobtown PA.
High Point Race Track: located in Mt. Morris (Dunkard Township) -- the raceway is privately owned and is home to national motorcross events. The largest event is held over Father's Day weekend each year and draws 10,000 to 12,000 spectators. Camping facilities are available for $40 / person for Friday through the entire weekend; $35 / person for Saturday through the remainder of the weekend; and $30 / person for Sunday;
Police & Fire Department: Bobtown VFC (Phone: 724-839-7140)
Organizations & projects: Dunkard Grange (Davistown); Reading Center (library); Senior Citizens Center; Civic Club; Girls & Boy Scouts; Warrior Trail Association; Yost Arena (horses); High Point Raceway
Parks and Recreational Facilities:
Community Action Senior Center in Bobtown (approximate attendance: 43) with a site counselor, transportation provided for medical, shopping as well as to and from the senior center. Transportation must be scheduled 24-hours in advance.
Dunkard Township Municipal Park (Bobtown) (14 acres) with 2 ball fields, batting cage, pavilion, walking trail, playground equipment, concession stand, restrooms ;
Yost Arena (Steele Hill Road, Davistown)
Two Rivers Boating facility (privately owned)
Churches in Dunkard Township: Bald Hill Church, Shordon Chapel, Mount Pleasant Church.
Cemeteries: Everly Cemetery, Johnson Cemetery, Mason Ridge Cemetery, Highland Cemetery, Thomas Cemetery, Williamson Cemetery, Furman Cemetery.
Waterways: Dunkard Creek, Dooley Run, Meadow Run, Bell Run.
PENNSYLVANIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
(Information Source: wikipedia.org (Wikipedia, the Free Online Encyclopedia))
Local government in Pennsylvania is a mosaic of 5,334 individual units. All were established by the State or provincial government and operate under laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Each unit is distinct and independent of other local units, although they may overlap geographically and may act together to serve the public. Dunkard Township is located within Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,358 at the 2000 census.
USEPA FIPS Code for Pennsylvania = 42, Greene County = 059 (42059).
Federal Information Processing Standards Codes for states, counties, and named populated places; are a standardized set of numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies. The entities covered include: states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, named populated and related location entities (such as, places and county subdivisions), and American Indian and Alaska Native areas.
Watersheds: Ohio Basin, Monongahela Subbasin (Source: www.dep.state.pa.us).
A watershed is an area of land that drains into a lake or river. As rainwater and melting snow run downhill, they carry sediment and other materials into our streams, lakes, wetlands and groundwater (Source www.ctic.purdue.edu)
To search for cemeteries, villages and other features within Greene County, visit the
USGS Geographical Names Information System (GNIS) to determine what 7.5' topographic map(s) depict specific geographic features.
For general information, please contact the Information Services at 724-852-5399 / Toll Free: 1-888-852-5399. County Office Building, 93 E. High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370
Terry W. Barzanti, Chairman
