The Village of Woxall grew up near the Old Goschenhoppen Church, erected in 1744, where Lutheran and Reformed congregations met.

The Village of Salfordville was originally situated on a main route between the "upper country" and Philadelphia, from which it was a distant thirty-five miles, and became an early settlement in Montgomery County.

This early route was opened in June 1728 and locally passed through Skippack, Lederachsville, and Salfordville on the way to Sumneytown.

Surrounded by farms, the small village had two hotels, a one-room schoolhouse, a cigar factory, a blacksmith livery and a general store.

Salfordville was also home to Christopher Dock who was an early German educator, artist, and historian.

In fact, the Christopher Dock White Oak tree, estimated to be close to 300 years old, was destroyed by a storm and Upper Salford Township residents replanted a White Oak tree in its place to mark this historic landmark.

Finally, genealogy records indicate an early resident, John Michel Weigel, was born here in 1689.

These two villages, along with Woxall and Salfordville, were noted for their general stores that sold a variety of items including fine clocks, furniture, barrel molasses, and quilting thread.

Only a short walk from the railroad, the park included an observatory, picnic and playground facilities, dance floor for hoedowns, and areas for horseshoes and croquet.

Prior to becoming a recreation area, however, the mountain was quarried on a commercial basis for its black granite rock.

Many Belgian blocks cut from the quarry were hauled by the Perkiomen Railroad to Philadelphia to pave the city's streets.

The land that is "developed" consists of low density residential dwellings (mostly single family detached), recreation areas, farming operations, and crossroads villages.

PA 63 traverses the northeastern section of the township on a northwest-to-southeast alignment via Sumneytown Pike.

Upper Salford Township is also home to one of the oldest Underwater Recovery Units in America - Telford Vol.

Having traveled to numerous places - Finger Lakes region, Buffalo, NY, NJ, MD, OH and as far as Winnipeg Canada and all parts of Pennsylvania, the Unit will spend as much time as possible searching for ones loved one.