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: Shirl Barnhart, Chairman
Board of Supervisors
Township Municipal Building
1019 Third Street Extension
PO Box 3, Mather, Pennsylvania 15346
ABOUT MORGAN TOWNSHIP:
Morgan Township was formed in 1781. Boroughs and villages within Morgan Township are: Burson Plan, Castile, Chartiers, Clarksville, Lippencott, Mather, Stony Point, and Teagarden Homes.
Children living in Morgan Township attend schools within the Jefferson-Morgan School District, which includes:
Jefferson Morgan Elementary School (724-883-2310)
Jefferson Morgan Jr-Sr High School (724-883-2310)
Greene County Career & Technology Center (724-627-3106)
Morgan Township Voting Precincts include:
Morgan-Chartiers-Teegarden: Morgan Township Garage located at 1019 3rd Street Extension, Mather, PA 15346 (Garage phone: 724-883-2149)
Morgan-Lippencott: Faith Baptist Church located at 793 Lippencott Road, Waynesburg, PA 15370 (Church Phone: 724-627-8517)
Morgan-Mather: Morgan Township Municipal Building located at 1019 3rd Street Extension, Mather PA 15346 (Building Phone: 724-883-2149)
For more information, contact the Greene County Elections Office at 724-852-5304. Morgan Township Geography: according to the United States Census Bureau, has a total area of 63.6
km˛ (24.5 mi˛), 63.5 km˛ (24.5 mi˛) of it is land and 0.1 km˛ (0.04 mi˛) of it (0.08%) is water.
MORGAN TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS: (List updated 1/6/2012)
Chairman: Shirl Barnhart PO Box 83, Jefferson, PA 15344 — Phone: 724-366-2725
Vice Chairman: James E. Gayman, Sr. PO Box 105, Mather, PA 15346 — Phone: 724-366-2724
3rd Member: Dominick J. Barbetta 114 Barbetta Lane, Clarksville, PA 15322 — Phone: 412-952-5216
Secretary/Treasurer: Relda K. Litten PO Box 115, Mather, PA 15346 — Phone: 724 883-2150
Auditors:
Susan Dains, PO Box 3, Mather, PA 15346 — Phone: 724-883-2150
Freda Pyle, PO Box 3, Mather, PA 15346 — Phone: 724-883-2150
Diane McMannes, PO Box 3, Mather, PA 15346 — Phone: 724-883-2150
Elected Tax Collector: Jean Sowden Redman PO Box 136, Mather, PA 15346 — Phone: 724-883-4152
Appointed Tax Collector: Central Tax Bureau of PA, Inc. 192 West High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370 Phone: 724-627-8980
EMS Coordinator: Donna Brown, PO Box 3, Mather, PA 15346 — Phone: 724-883-2150
Zoning Officer: Frank Monick — Phone: 724-322-2166 (Note: Zoning was passed in August 2008)
Sewage Officer: Tim Neil, 176 Gwynn Road, Jefferson, PA 15344 — Phone: 724-880-0914
Solicitor: Dennis Makel & Associates, LLC, Washington, PA 15301 — Phone: 724-222-7639
Engineer: K-2 Engineering, Uniontown, PA 15401 — Phone: 724-322-2166
Open Records Contact: Relda K. Litten PO Box 115, Mather, PA 15346 — Phone: 724 883-2150
Morgan Township Board of Supervisors meet from January to March the first Tuesday at 3:00 PM; from April to December the first Tuesday at 4:00 PM. The meetings will take place at the Municipal Building. Meeting Notes: contact the township secretary to view board meeting notes. Permits and Ordinances: For information about the township permits and/or ordinances, call the township secretary. 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 Morgan Township of Greene County, Pennsylvania. Comprehensive Plan: the Morgan Township Comprehensive Plan is available and can be viewed at the township office.
Also see the Greene County Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Department of Economic Development. Jefferson Morgan Regional Council of Governments (JMRCOG): was created in 2004 and includes Jefferson Township, Morgan Township, Clarksville Borough, Jefferson Borough and Rices Landing Borough. The council was created to allow the municipalities to purchase equipment and materials at a lower cost as well as pull their resources in times of need.
Click here for the Morgan Township JMRCOG information (JMRCOG address: P.O. Box 3 Mather, PA 15346 / Phone: 724-883-2150 / Fax: 724-883-3044 and/or Email: jeff-morgcog@jeff-morgcog.org).
Effective August 12, 2008, the Jefferson Morgan Regional Council of Governments enacted a new Multi-Municipal zoning ordinance. The ordinance covers Jefferson Township, Jefferson Borough, Morgan Township, and Clarksville Borough. Rices Landing Borough has it's own ordinance.
Click here for the Jefferson Morgan Multi-Municipal Zoning Ordinance document.
The JMRCOG meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 11:00 a.m., at the Morgan Township Municipal Office Building located at 1019 Third Street Extension, Mather, PA 15346.
MORGAN TOWNSHIP NEWS:
10/22/2010 News — WATERWAY TRAIL PLANS GET A BOOST Ten Mile Creek may soon be a popular place for kayakers and canoeists. Plans to create a waterway trail on the Ten Mile from the dam in West Waynesburg to the Monongahela River in Millsboro received a boost last week with the awarding of a state grant to construct two boat launches at the creek.
Click here for complete news article.
NOTABLE MENTIONED WITHIN MORGAN TOWNSHIP:
Parks and Recreation Facilities:
Mather Park (2.7 acres) with gazebo, ball field, dug out, pavilion, bleachers, basketball court, playground, concession stand, restroom;
Burson Park (1.5 acres) owned by the Clarksville VFD, has a ball field / multi purpose field (home plate only, fenced along third base line), archery range (3-D deer with yardage markers)
Organizations & landmarks:
Thistlethwaite Family Vineyard and Winery in Jefferson, PA — located about two miles north of Jefferson. The 200-acre Thistlethwaite family farm dates back to 1892, however at the turn of the century, the younger generation of Thistlethwaite's began planting grape vines. Which has now harvesting and producing a variety of wines, and is open to the public. Thistlethwaite is the first commercial winery to operating the Greene County with grapes grown solely on its own land.
Click here to read more.
Miner's Memorial Monument located near the Mather Christian Church, Mather, PA
Youth Development Center
Churches: Mather Christian Church, Faith Baptist Church, Clarksville Missionary Church, Mt Zion Baptist Church.
Cemeteries: Greene County Memorial Park, Mount Zion Cemetery, Smith Cemetery
Click here for information on the Mather & Crucible Mine "Gob Pile" Cleanup and Restoration.
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.
Morgan Township is located within Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was was 2,600 at the 2000 census. INFORMATIVE LINKS:
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
Shirl Barnhart, Chairman
