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History · Allegheny Township

22% of Allegheny Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 9 old photos and papers, maps from 1927 on, and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
9old photos & papers
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From Allegheny Township’s archive · credits on each photo
The story so far

Allegheny Township, in brief

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

Allegheny Township is a township in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 283 at the 2020 census, an increase from 276 in 2010, which was, in turn, a decline from the tabulation of 281 as of the 2000 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 276 to 284 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Allegheny Township, 1864 to 1927

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1864In the archiveLloyd's map of the Great Oil Region of Allegheny River, Cherry & Cherry-Tree runs, and Pi…
  3. 1895In the archiveUniversity Park where 300 residence sites invite the home builder - the investor The wond…
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900In the archiveAllegheny Post Office
  6. 1927On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Allegheny Township, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1860s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1860s–1900s9 items
Lloyd's map of the Great Oil Region of Allegheny River, Cherry & Cherry-Tree runs, and Pithole Creek - in Cornplanter, …1864Lloyd's map of the Great Oil Region of Allegheny Rive…MapPlan of Allegheny Township1865Plan of Allegheny TownshipMapOil region of Venango County, Pennsylvania1866Oil region of Venango County, PennsylvaniaUniversity Park where 300 residence sites invite the home builder - the investor The wonderful sale is now on! An event1895University Park where 300 residence sites invite the …Allegheny Post Office1900Allegheny Post OfficeAllegheny Observatory1905Allegheny ObservatoryHigh School1905High SchoolCarnegie Library1905Carnegie LibraryWashington Monument1905Washington Monument
1910s–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.
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On the map

Allegheny Township on the map, 1927 to 1982

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

Allegheny Township on the 1927 USGS mapAllegheny Township on the 1933 USGS mapAllegheny Township on the 1967 USGS mapAllegheny Township on the 1973 USGS mapAllegheny Township on the 1982 USGS map1927Titusville 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 Allegheny 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.

Oil region of Venango County, Pennsylvania
Retake this viewOil region of Venango County, Pennsylvania, 1866

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

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People over time

Allegheny Township, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 283

Between 276 and 283 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

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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Josephine McKimAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former… · b. 1910
Gabby GabreskiAmerican flying ace · b. 1919
Jeannie SeelyAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1940
Julien BryanAmerican photojournalist · b. 1899
Woody JacksonAmerican composer · b. 1970
John E. PetersonAmerican politician · b. 1938
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Pleasantville Oil Fieldoilfield
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Allegheny Township
Asbury ChapelConcordFairview

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help 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.
Retake an old viewOil region of Venango County, Pennsylva…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pleasantville1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOil Creek Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPresident Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCornplanter Township1 historic placeA−

Questions about Allegheny Township’s history

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.