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History · Beaver Falls Township

Beaver Falls Township’s post office opened in 1867, and 47% of its homes were built before 1940

1867first post office
0on the National Register
47%homes built before 1940
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How Beaver Falls Township began

When was Beaver Falls Township founded?

1867

The Beaver Falls Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Beaver Falls (1867), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 206159 years
Founding year: the first Beaver Falls Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Beaver Falls, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Beaver Falls
Gone or out of use
Beaver Falls Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Beaver Falls Township
Beaver FallsMorton

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Paxton Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBirch Cooley Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHenryville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFlora TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMortonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRedwood Falls7 historic placesB+

Questions about Beaver Falls Township’s history

What year was Beaver Falls Township founded?

The Beaver Falls Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.