Middlesex Township

History:
The Township was established in 1859.

Middlesex Township is home to approximately 6,000 people.

Middlesex Township is made up of 26.9 square miles in area.

There are approximately 42 miles of Township Roads and 23 miles of State Roads.

There are 10 traffic Lights from Harmony Hall Road to Roadway Drive and 60 street lights, but no grocery stores or banks.

Middlesex Township is home to the "Miracle Mile", the second most heavily traveled (by truck) section of highway in the United States.

The Appalachian Trail passes through Middlesex Township connecting South Mountain with the Blue Mountain.

First wrought iron cannon in America was made in Middlesex.

During the Whiskey Insurrection George Washington slept in the log house by the bank of the Conodoguinet, near the waterfall.

The northern most advance of the confederacy during the Civil War is marked by a plaque on Rt. 34 near the summit of Sterrett's Gap.

At one time there had been a 200 room health resort in Carlisle Springs.