In 1828, the Wayside Inn was built, and the first doctor, Dr.
During this time, the first three houses which were not cabins were built. Started in 1820, this turnpike was completed in 1824.
The Philadelphia and Great Bend Turnpike (now Main Street) was chartered in 1919 by the Pennsylvania Legislature along The Warriors' Path. The earliest settlers built cabins in Waverly around 1800. On November 2, 2010, township residents voted to change the township's name from "Abington" to "Waverly Township,'" In 1853, it was established as a borough within Pennsylvania since there already was a place named "Abington" located near Philadelphia, the town was renamed Waverly after Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name, popular at that time. The borough, located within Lackawanna County, gave up its charter in 1920, because of the high cost to upgrade its main street to a state highway, and became part of Abington Township. Waverly was founded in the late 18th century by settlers from Connecticut and was originally called Abington Center.
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