Fox Township

Fox Township, Elk County, PA is located in North West (Central) Pennsylvania near the Allegheny National Forest, a large tract of virgin timber harvested by the area's logging industry. The original name given to the township in 1814 was Sinnamahoning, but it was later changed to honor the original land purchaser, Samuel M. Fox. The population of Fox Township was 3,392 people in the 1990 census. The township has truly been a "Melting Pot" throughout its history because of the many nationalities of people who have settled here to live and work together. Recent growth in our Industry, Business, and Housing base is phenomenal, and people are continuing to move to Fox Township in large numbers.

Towns and Villages

Kersey is the largest town and municipal seat of Fox Township. It was initially called Centerville and is the oldest town in Elk County, having been settled before the establishment of St. Marys in 1842. The town was named after William Kersey, an agent for Fox & Norris Co. of Massachusetts, who established a grist mill in about 1810. The Fox Township Municipal Building is located here, as is the Fox Township Volunteer Fire Department and the Fox Township Ambulance Association.. Dagus Mines is a small village situated near Kersey. The Northwestern Mining & Exchange Co. built the homes here to house the many nationalities of immigrants who came to the township to work in the mines in the 1800s. Dagus Mines has a Swede Street and a Scotland Street. Just "over the hill" there is a village named Coal Hollow, also built by Northwestern, and is where many immigrants of Italian descent settled and spent their lives working in the mines under the village. Some street names there are No. 11 and Zola.

Toby, another small village nearby, is named after Little Toby Creek, which flows southwest through the township.

Kyler's Corners is a village and crossroads in the Toby Valley. Other Residential Sections of the Township Other sections of the township that may not qualify as towns or villages, but certainly are qualified as areas of residency with much history are: Irishtown, South Kersey, Earleyville, Squab Hollow, Shelvey Summit, Gillen, Laurel Run, Gardner Hill, Fairview, Five Points, Thompson Hill, Chicken Hill and Boone's Mountain.