Township of Waverly:

Created in 1806 from Tunkhannock Township. In the Connecticut claim and survey this township was called Ebbington, in honor of Colonel Ebbington, a Connecticut land agent who granted titles to settlers in the area in the late 1700’s. Pennsylvania land holders changed the name to Abington. The village of Waverly at the center of the township was once an independent borough (incorporated in 1854) but gave up its charter in 1920 to revert back to the name Abington township. Waverly was named from the title of a popular novel by Sir Walter Scott.  In December of 2010, the township changed its name from Abington to Waverly.