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History · York Township

29% of York Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1910 on.

0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about York Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of York Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s York Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19104 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1994. Watch York Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how York Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Deavertown
1828–1957
Rose Farm
1891–1931
Misco
1903–1909
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DeavertownMiscoRose FarmTropic
Gone or out of use
Albright ChurchchurchBailey Ridge SchoolschoolBlackoak SchoolschoolDeavertown Post Officepost officeDutch Hill SchoolschoolMisco Post Officepost officeRose Farm Post Officepost officeRose Farm SchoolschoolSharp Ridge SchoolschoolTropic Stationlocale
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside York Township
AlbrightBlack OakDutch HillGermanJerusalem

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

On the map

York Township on the map, 1910 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of York Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

York Township on the 1910 USGS mapYork Township on the 1961 USGS mapYork Township on the 1975 USGS mapYork Township on the 1994 USGS map1910Mc Connelsville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of York Township.

The story so far

York Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of York Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 933 to 753 (-19%).

Timeline

York Township, 1828 to 1957

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Deavertown post office opens
  3. 1891Post officeThe Rose Farm post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Misco post office opens
  6. 1909Post officeThe Misco post office closes
  7. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1931Post officeThe Rose Farm post office closes
  9. 1957Post officeThe Deavertown post office closes
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to York Township

Nobody well known was born in York Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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James J. GibsonAmerican psychologist · b. 1904
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Gene ColeAmerican sprinter · b. 1928
Stephen Benton ElkinsUnion United States Army officer · b. 1841
Jeremiah McLain RuskUnion Army general, politician · b. 1830
W. Lee O'DanielAmerican politician · b. 1890
John Augustine ZahmHoly Cross priest, author, scientist, and South… · b. 1851
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bloom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClay Township6 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrush Creek Township1 historic placeB+Harrison Township1 historic placeA−Harrison TownshipIts storyB−Deerfield Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBearfield TownshipIts storyC−

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.