Originally, Old Lycoming Township extended to the Susquehanna River and included Newberry and Jaysburg.  Today, our boundaries are Daughertys Run Road to the West, Beautys Run Road to the North, Lycoming Creek to the East and Short Street to the South.   One of our major assets is our good residents.  OLT has always been blessed with a wide variety of people, most of whom have been exceedingly loyal to their township.  We are also blessed with natural beauty.  Lycoming Creek, known by the Indians as LeganiHanne, winds its way along our border, flowing next to the glorious hills and occasionally crossing the valley here and there.  The Indian name for Lycoming was mispronounced by the early settlers and eventually became Lycoming instead of Legani.  Hanne, of course, means stream, like Susquehanna.

Most of the industries we have in the township have been here quite a while.  They are good ones, and we hope they will stay.  A lot of us work in the township we live in.  That's convenience and economy.   Most of the changes from our past have been gradual, and we have grown gracefully and learned a lot about development.  We have learned how important it is to plan carefully for the future, no matter what aspect of township growth we are dealing with; housing, public services, recreation, etc.   We have had heroes from all the wars.  We've had peacetime heroes, too.  Some heroism has been performed quietly, while some gained more recognition.  We've had our share of traumas.  We've experienced floods, fires, a tremendous gas explosion, a major highway cutting through the very heart of our municipality; but we have always stood.  We've always had those who loved their neighbor as much as themselves and were willing to put that belief into practice.   Life will go on.  Some will leave our township; some will stay; and there will be newcomers; but the underlying current will always be the same one that has held us together so strongly for 212 years.  We care about each other; therefore, we care about our community - Old Lycoming Township.