THORNHURST

THORNHURST TOWNSHIP

The Gould Tannery was located between the Lehigh River and River Road in the area opposite where Bear Lake Road and River Road intersect in downtown Thornhurst.

Thornhurst was not Sand Cut but was called the Great Pine Swamp.

1680 – Bucks County comprised of now Northampton, Monroe, Wayne, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Carbon, Lehigh and part of Schuykill Counties.

1752 – Northampton was then established

1768 – Wilkes-Barre Township was created

1786 – Luzerne County was established

1787 – H.W. and Richard Drinker purchased 25,000 acres and called in Drinker’s Beech

1818 - Covington Township was created

1833 – Buck Township was created

1840 – The Village of Comfortville was established

 1851 – Brown Town (named after the Brown brothers who built the dam on the Lehigh) was established

1856 – The Village of Gouldsboro was created

1871 – Gouldsboro was incorporated as the borough of Gouldsboro on May 12.  The line ran from Pond Creek along the river to Sand Spring Run and crossed about 1 1/3 miles up Bear Lake Road from River Road

1878 – Lackawanna County was removed from Lehigh Township

1894 – Postmaster (R.C. Drum) worked in the borough of Gouldsboro and started calling his post office the Thornhurst Post Office

Pine Grove Cemetery sat near the old township school, and was also known as the Briar Patch School.

There is three different parts of Lehigh Township now known as Thornhurst Township.  They were Bear Lake Community, Warsaw Village and Mount Ebenezer which is a hill.

The Steigmeier Estate is owned by Karls Rue.  In 1952, El Pocono Dude Ranch bought it, changing its name to Twin Lakes then to Thornhurst Country Club Estates.  There is also a small development by the name of Pine Grove Acres.

On May 4, 1939, the borough of Gouldsboro reverted and became part of Lehigh Township.  The Borough was annulled and became the Village of Thornhurst in Lehigh Township.  In 1960, a post office was lost and moved to Gouldsboro.  December 4, 1995, Lehigh Township was renamed to Thornhurst Township and is now the Village of Thornhurst.  In 1996, the Postal Service was allowed back in Thornhurst Township and once again used Thornhurst with a Gouldsboro zip code.