Philip Shaver married Mary Ann Wickizer at St. James Lutheran Church (in Greenwich, Warren County, New Jersey, on December 12, 1786).

He was forced to carve out a path from a rugged foot trail and among heavily forested lands, now Route 309, known to locals as the "Rock Cut."

This first mill was on the north branch of Toby Creek and located near the Prince of Peace Church on Main Street in Dallas.

The school was a one-room log cabin on the site of the current Back Mountain Memorial Library on Huntsville Road.

Inscribed upon his footstone reads a testament to Philip’s vast travels: “Here lies my weary feet.” Academy Award nominated actor Lee Tracy is buried in Shavertown.

Shavertown came to national attention in October 2005 when U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney visited the village at the home of Ron and Rhea Simms for a fundraiser for the reelection campaign of Pennsylvania Republican U.S.

Senator Rick Santorum, who was later defeated in the 2006 U.S. congressional elections by Scranton native and pro-life Democrat Bob Casey, Jr., the state's former treasurer.