[2] Founded in 1739, it was the first township in the area, and it originally included the entirety of modern York and Adams counties.

[4][6] By December 2017, a funding campaign was started to help pay for a legal challenge to save the property, reportedly eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[7] In July 2018, a York County Court of Common Pleas judge ruled in favor of a township zoning officer's decision (and zoning hearing board's support) to deny a demolition permit for the house.

In February 2019, township supervisors approved unanimously a subdivision plan that includes a two-year moratorium on development of more than 60 acres (240,000 m2) surrounding Mifflin House, to give preservationists time to raise enough money to save it.

These schools included: Hellam Township is the supposed location of the Seven Gates of Hell.

[24] According to urban legend a road leads through several "gates," some of which are real while most are invisible, the seventh being the entrance to Hell.