Butler County
Adams Township
690 Valencia Road
Valencia, PA 16046
(724)625-2221
Township Manager: Don Aiken
www.adamstwp.org
admin@adamstwp.org
Populations: 6,774
Median Household Income: $65,357
Per Capital Income: $39,204
Township Property Tax: 3.75 mills
School District: Mars
School Tax: 99 mills
Police Dept: Adams Twp. Police 724-625-2040
Fire Dept: Adams Area Fire District 724-625-1777
Ambulance: Quality EMS 724-625-6400
History: Adams Township, named for President John Quincy Adams, was created in 1854 from the Eastern part of Middlesex Township and the Eastern part of Cranberry Township, two of the original butler country Townships established in 1804.
Cranberry Township
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066
(724)776-4806
Township Manager: Jerry Andree
www.cranberrytownship.org
admin@cranberrytownship.org
Population: 28,000
Median Household Income: $66,588
Per Capital Income: $27,349
Township Tax Rate: 10.65 mills
School District: Seneca Valley
School Tax: 129.65 mills
Fire Dept: Cranberry Twp. Vol. Fire Company. Haine Station 724-776-1196 or Park Station 724-776-6130
Police Dept: 724-776-5180
Ambulance: Cranberry Vol. Ambulance 724-776-4480
History: Cranberry Township was established in 1804. The most populated area of the township was originally called Criders Corners, is an intersection of two roads. The intersection was named after Jacob Crider who was a trustee of the local Methodist Church. He bought 50 acres in the area in 1871. Cranberry Township takes its name from the Cranberry bogs that used to be prevalent in the area. Pioneers arrived in the area in the 1790′s and discovered wild Cranberries in the Bush Creek area.
The marsh areas in the region were drained by the settlers in the 1800′s. The land was now available for the settlers to farm and for grazing by cattle. As the swamp areas were drained and converted to farmland, the natural habitat for the wild cranberries was significantly reduced. By 1900, the cranberries were no longer growing in the area.
Township of Middlesex
133 Browns Hill Road
Valencia, PA 16059
(724)898-3571
Township Manager: Scott Fodi
www.middlesextownship.org
middlesex@zoominternet.net
Population: 5,586
Median Household Income: $49,743
Per Capital Income: $23,508
Township Tax Rate: 9 mills
School District: Mars
School Tax: 99 mills
Fire Dept: Middlesex Twp. Vol. Fire co. 724-898-1480
Police Dept: 724-8983533
Ambulance: Quality EMS 724-625-6400
History: Middlesex Township was one of the four original townships recognized as early as 1794 still located in Allegheny County, and one of the orignial thirteen townships of Butler County in 1804. It has been theorized that the name “Middlesex” was derived from the township’s position in between or in the middle of other municipalities.
Borough of Seven Fields
2200 Garden Drive, Suite 100
Seven Fields, PA 16046
(724)776-3090
www.sevenfields.org
boroughmanager@sevenfields.org
Population:2,384
Median Household Income: $70,625
Per Capital Income: $29,215
Township Tax Rate: 6 mills
School District: Seneca Valley
School Tax: 100 mills
Fire Dept: Adams Area Fire District 724-625-1210
Police Dept: Cranberry Township Police 724-776-5180
Ambulance: Cranberry Twp. Vol. Ambulance Corps 724-776-4480 or Quality EMS 724-625-5400
History: The land which now comprises Seven Fields was originally farmland, owned primarily by the Speers/Schenk family. The farms were sold for development in the 1970′s and in 1983, the borough of Seven Fields was incorporated as an independent government body after the original townhouse developer took his land and ceded from the neighboring Cranberry Township.
Borough of Zelienople
111 West New Castle St.
Zelienople, PA 16063
(724)452-6610
Borough Manager: Donald Pepe
www.zelieboro.org
zelieborough@zoominternet.org
Population: 4,056
Median Household Income: $40,250
Per Capital Income: $23,555
Township Tax Rate: 4.56 mills
School District: Seneca Valley
School Tax: 129.65 mills
Fire Dept: Zelienople Vol. 724-452-4493
Police Dept: Zelienople Police Department 724-452-3003
Ambulance: Harmony EMS 724-452-4317
History: Baron Dettmar Basse, a German of culture, held a diplomatic post in Paris during the Napoleonic wars. With changes that occurred after the war and the death of his wife, he decided to come to the New World. After considerable travel, in 1802 he purchased 10,000 acres at 25 cents each, in what is now know as the Zelienople-Harmony area. He planned a town and named it after his eldest daughter, Zelie.
