The story
Read it all →How Allegheny Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Allegheny Township.
The site of Allegheny Township was settled in 1788. The township was incorporated in 1807.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Allegheny Township
Allegheny Township dates to 1807, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 60% of U.S. towns · #609 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Below: 7 old photos and papers, maps from 1902 on, and the census since 2000.
1807founded
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
7old photos & papers
Quick answers
How Allegheny Township began
When was Allegheny Township founded?
1807
Allegheny Township dates its founding to 1807 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 2000.
First census: 2,498 in 20002020 census: 2,815219 years
How historic is Allegheny Township?
B
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 60% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1888.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Allegheny Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Allegheny Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns, #609 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Allegheny Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1807, from Wikipedia: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194018.4% of homes (±5.4) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 60%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 41%
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Allegheny Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1807.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.4 points).
Founding year: Wikipedia (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Allegheny Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Wildwood Springs
Bradley Junction
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bradley JunctionDriscollEbensburg JunctionLoretto RoadPine GroveWildwood Springs
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Allegheny Township
CarmeliteGallaher - DouglassSaint Monicas
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Allegheny Township on the map, 1902 to 1972
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Allegheny Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902Patton sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Allegheny Township.
Timeline
Allegheny Township, 1807 to 1945
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1807FoundingAllegheny Township is established
- 1850
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Cambria County - ED 11-4, … - 1888Post officeThe Wildwood Springs post office opens
- 1895
In the archiveUniversity Park where 300 residence sites invite the home builder - the investor The wond… - 1897Post officeThe Bradley Junction post office opens
- 20th century
- 1900
In the archiveAllegheny Post Office - 1902
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1911Post officeThe Wildwood Springs post office closes
- 1945Post officeThe Bradley Junction post office closes
By decade
Allegheny Township, decade by decade
3 decades in the archive, from the 1850s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1890s–1900s6 items
1905
1905
1905
19051910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your albumThen & 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.
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Cambria County - ED 11-4, ED 11-5, ED 11-6, ED 11-7, ED …, 1850
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Allegheny Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15People over time
Allegheny Township, census by census
Between 2,498 and 2,851 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Allegheny Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Allegheny Township
Nobody well known was born in Allegheny Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Rembert WeaklandAmerican archbishop · b. 1927
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James Russell LeechAmerican politician · b. 1888Help out
Finish Allegheny Township’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
East Carroll TownshipIts storyBCambria Township2 historic placesB+Clearfield TownshipIts storyC+Gallitzin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChest SpringsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMunster Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCresson Township1 historic placeC
Questions about Allegheny Township’s history
What year was Allegheny Township founded?
In 1807, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Allegheny Township’s post office opened in 1888, and the census of 2000 counted 2,498 people here.
How does Allegheny Township rank for history?
Allegheny Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns, #609 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Allegheny Township?
18% of Allegheny Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.4 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1979.
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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).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (6), Wikipedia, 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.