Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Adams Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Adams Township

Adams Township dates to 1754, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers and maps from 1943 on.

1754founded
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Adams Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Adams Township began

When was Adams Township founded?

1754

Adams Township dates its founding to 1754 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1855.

2020 census: 895272 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1855.

What stands out about Adams 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 writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Older than the countryEstablished in 1754, 22 years before the Declaration of Independence.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Adams Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo4 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewPennsylvania College, Pennsylvania Hall…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Adams Township, 1754 to 1943

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1754
    FoundingAdams Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1855Post officeThe Troxelville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905Post officeThe Port Ann post office opens
  7. 1906Post officeThe Port Ann post office closes
  8. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Adams Township, in brief

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

Adams Township in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States, is a township which had a population of 907 at the 2010 census. Per the US Census Bureau, by 2020 the population had reduced to 895 people.

Adams Township was established in 1754. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 907 in 2010, 895 in 2020.

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

By decade

Adams Township, decade by decade

Date unknown4 to date
Pennsylvania College, Pennsylvania Hall, GettysburgDate?Pennsylvania College, Pennsylvania Hall, GettysburgAdams County Courthouse, GettysburgDate?Adams County Courthouse, GettysburgMcPherson Barn, GettysburgDate?McPherson Barn, GettysburgWilliam Miller House, FairfieldDate?William Miller House, Fairfield
Today7 recent
Pennsylvania State Route 2352009Pennsylvania State Route 235Pennsylvania State Route 2352009Pennsylvania State Route 235Pennsylvania State Route 2352009Pennsylvania State Route 235Pennsylvania State Route 2352009Pennsylvania State Route 235Pennsylvania State Route 2352009Pennsylvania State Route 235Pennsylvania State Route 2352009Pennsylvania State Route 235Adams Township Sunny Farm2009Adams Township Sunny Farm
On the map

Adams Township on the map, 1943 to 1973

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

Adams Township on the 1943 USGS mapAdams Township on the 1953 USGS mapAdams Township on the 1965 USGS mapAdams Township on the 1973 USGS map1943Mifflinburg 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 Adams Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Pennsylvania College, Pennsylvania Hall, Gettysburg
Retake this viewPennsylvania College, Pennsylvania Hall, Gettysburg

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Adams Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Adams Township

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

See all →
Charles Marley AndersonAmerican politician · b. 1845
S
Stan StartzellAmerican soccer player · b. 1950
Laird Howard BarberAmerican politician · b. 1848
Lewis MerrillUnion Army general · b. 1834
Isaac M. JordanAmerican politician · b. 1835
Cora Victoria DiehlAmerican politician, first woman elected to pub… · b. 1869
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Port Ann, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Troxelville
1855–today
Port Ann
1905–1906
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Port AnnTroxelville
1cemetery inside Adams Township
Union

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.

Spring Township1 historic placeA−Beaver Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Adams Township’s history

What year was Adams Township founded?

In 1754, according to Wikidata. Adams Township’s post office opened in 1855.

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (7), the Library of Congress (4), 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.