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Who we are

Since 1786

        COMMUNITY INFORMATION                              

Hanover Township founded in 1786 and stretching across 47.6 square miles of Washington County, Hanover Township presents an ideal rural tapestry of residential neighborhoods, farms, game land and commercial & industrial businesses.  

 ( Download ) Hanover Township LAND GRANT  MAP ) from the 1700s

The Township, comprised of Florence, Bavington, Murdockville  and Paris, is home to more than 2795 residents. Convenient to the Weirton and Robinson Township shopping areas, air transportation at Pittsburgh International Airport (only 15 minutes away), and to a network of major highways, our community borders the Townships of Smith, Jefferson and Robinson of Washington County and Hanover Township in Beaver County. We also border to the west the city of Weirton, West Virginia.

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