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History · Abbott Township

21% of Abbott Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0

What stands out about Abbott Township’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Abbott Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Abbott Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Carter Camp
1849–1964
Germania
1858–1965
Short Run
1879–1908
Yocum Hill
1891–1894
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AbbottGermaniaNew BergenShort Run
Gone or out of use
Cross JunctionlocaleGermania Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Abbott Township
Yochum Hill

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

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Start Abbott Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Abbott Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Abbott Township, in brief

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

Abbott Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 230 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 242 to 228 (-6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Abbott Township, 1849 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1849Post officeThe Carter Camp post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Germania post office opens
  4. 1879Post officeThe Short Run post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1908Post officeThe Short Run post office closes
  7. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1964Post officeThe Carter Camp post office closes
  9. 1965Post officeThe Germania post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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On the map

Abbott Township on the map, 1947 to 1995

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

Abbott Township on the 1947 USGS mapAbbott Township on the 1950 USGS mapAbbott Township on the 1971 USGS mapAbbott Township on the 1995 USGS map1947Oleona sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Abbott Township, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 242

Between 226 and 242 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Abbott Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Stewardson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Branch Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWharton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.