Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 65207. Change of name of township

(a) Upon petition to the court of common pleas of at least ten percent of the electors of a township or upon passage of a resolution by the board of supervisors seeking a change of the name of the township, the court shall order a referendum on the question.

(b) If the court determines that the petition or resolution for change of name of the township is in proper form and properly executed, the original petition or resolution shall be filed with the clerk of the court.  A copy of the petition or resolution and order of the court shall be filed with the county board of elections, which shall frame the question to be submitted to the electors at the next general or municipal election which occurs at least sixty days after the court order.

(c) The election officers shall compute the votes cast on the question and certify them to the clerk of the court of common pleas, who shall tabulate them and certify the result.  If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the change of township name, the court shall so order and shall order the record of the proceedings to be permanently recorded.  If a majority of the votes are against the change, there shall be no further proceedings on the petition or resolution.