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History · Strabane Township

Strabane Township’s post office opened in 1881, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Strabane Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Its Register listing is the Midway Bridge.

1881first post office
1on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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How Strabane Township began

When was Strabane Township founded?

1881

The Strabane Township post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Reno (1881) and Strabane (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 90145 years
Founding year: the first Strabane Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Strabane Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1997
Midway Bridge
Midway Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Warren bedstead bridge1
Midway BridgeWarren bedstead bridge

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Reno
1881–1885
Strabane
1881–1886
18801950today
Gone or out of use
RenolocaleStrabanelocale

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.

Inkster TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJohnstown TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townInksterIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWheatfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOps TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Strabane Township’s history

What year was Strabane Township founded?

The Strabane Township post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Strabane Township?

One place: the Midway Bridge (listed 1997).

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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.