S​outhampton Historical Society
Southampton Township
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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"The mission of the Southampton Historical Society is to preserve all aspects of the rich history for the residents and descendants and future generations of Southampton Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania."
SAVE THESE 2025 DATES
April 12th - Self-driving tour of 8 Churches of Southampton Twp.
May 17th- Quilt Show n Tell, 2-4pm at Point Pleasant School
May 20th - Serving food and sharing history during the Election​
June 7th - Fort Bedford River Rendezvous 9-5 Bedford
June 28th - Southampton Township Community Day
July 19th - Blade smithing with Brandon Rader 2-4 at PPS
August 2- Jeff Whetstone presentation on PA Long Guns 2-4 at PPS
August 23rd- Meet & Greet at the Railroad Station in Everett
October 19th - Annual Picnic/Hike 1:00 -?
November 4th - Election Day
Annual Fall Picnic/Hike
Sunday Oct. 19, 2025
Annual Hike to Salt Petre Cave
3rd Sunday of each October
The SHS offers a picnic lunch at 1:00
for a donation near Chaneysville
at Sweet Root Park followed
with a hike leaving at 2:00
David & Jeannie Zaladonis will also present Flintlocks & Fiddles
1750's Living History during the French & Indian War era.
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The SHS will be serving food 7:00~7:00 during election day, Stop by and check out our history displays and
"talk history" with us.
Once again we will be scanning any of your old photos or documents while you wait.
Join us as our members pick up trash along our designated route for the Adopt-A-Highway program thru Penn DOT every April and Oct.
We meet at the Southampton Township building at 10:00 am.
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The SHS will be creating an ancestral Garden near the Point Plesant School, full of heirloom plants and bushes from some of our earlier landowners. If you would like to donate something towards the garden please contact us, we'll check our running list so we don't have repeats.
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Thanks to everyone
who donated money towards the fence and this stone to mark the resting place of some of our early Bennetts who were buried on the farm of Joseph and Margaret Bennett.
More photos are posted under the Blues Gap Bennett Cemetery.
