ship ▁in ▁Ly coming ▁County , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁population ▁was ▁ 4 3 3 ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁census . ▁It ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Williams port , ▁Pennsylvania ▁Metropolitan ▁Statist ical ▁Area . ▁ ▁History ▁Sh rew s bury ▁Township ▁was ▁formed ▁from ▁part ▁of ▁Mun cy ▁Township ▁by ▁the ▁Pennsylvania ▁General ▁Assembly ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 4 . ▁It ▁was ▁originally ▁much ▁larger ▁in ▁size ▁and ▁included ▁a ▁large ▁part ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁S ull ivan ▁County ▁until ▁ 1 8 4 7 . ▁It ▁is ▁named ▁for ▁Sh rew s bury ▁Township , ▁New ▁Jersey . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁sett lers , ▁The ▁Little ▁and ▁Ben nett ▁families , ▁migr ated ▁to ▁Ly coming ▁County ▁from ▁New ▁Jersey ▁and ▁wanted ▁their ▁new ▁home ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁as ▁their ▁old ▁home . ▁Peter ▁C ors on , ▁also ▁from ▁New ▁Jersey ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁sett lers ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁home ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁quite ▁successful . ▁C ors on ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁had ▁ 5 ▁sons ▁and ▁ 3 ▁daughters ▁and ▁within ▁less ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁years ▁they ▁had ▁descend ants ▁that ▁were ▁number ed ▁by ▁the ▁hundred . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 0 0 s , ▁High land ▁Lake , ▁in ▁the ▁northern ▁part ▁of ▁Sh rew s bury ▁Township ▁was ▁popular ▁summer ▁vac ation ▁destination . ▁There ▁were ▁three ▁large ▁hot els ▁on ▁the ▁lake ▁as ▁well