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History · Annin Township

Annin Township dates to 1836, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1933 on and the census since 1870.

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0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
Photo: Voyageur67 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Quick answers

How Annin Township began

When was Annin Township founded?

1836

Annin Township dates its founding to 1836 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1870.

First census: 760 in 18702020 census: 709190 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1851.

What stands out about Annin Township’s past

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

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Start Annin Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Annin 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.
Places that used to be

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

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

Annin Creek
1851–1903
Sartwell
1852–1902
Turtlepoint
1869–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Annin CreekSartwellTurtlepoint
Gone or out of use
Annin Creek SchoolschoolRock Run SchoolschoolSartwell Oil Fieldoilfield
1cemetery inside Annin Township
Saint Mary's Roman Catholic

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

People over time

Annin Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,20018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,188

Peaked at 1,188 in 1890; 709 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1870–2020.

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

The story so far

Annin Township, in brief

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

Annin Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 709.

Annin Township was established in 1836. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 694 to 709 (+2%).

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

Timeline

Annin Township, 1836 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1836
    FoundingAnnin Township is established
  3. 1851Post officeThe Annin Creek post office opens
  4. 1852Post officeThe Sartwell post office opens
  5. 1869Post officeThe Turtlepoint post office opens
  6. 1890CensusPopulation peaks at 1,188
  7. 20th century
  8. 1902Post officeThe Sartwell post office closes
  9. 1903Post officeThe Annin Creek post office closes
  10. 1933On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Annin Township on the map, 1933 to 1970

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

Annin Township on the 1933 USGS mapAnnin Township on the 1970 USGS map1933Smethport 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 Annin Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Annin Township

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

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Questions about Annin Township’s history

What year was Annin Township founded?

In 1836, according to Wikidata. Annin Township’s post office opened in 1851, and the census of 1870 counted 760 people here.

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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.