Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1921 on, and old-book passages.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Anthony Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Anthony Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Anthony Township.
From Wikipedia’s history of Anthony Township.
Anthony Township was formed from part of Lycoming Township on September 7, 1844, by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lycoming County. It is named in honor of Joseph B. Anthony, who was a judge in Lycoming County at the time.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Anthony Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Anthony Township is an offspring of Old Lycoming and was erected September 7, 1844. It was named in honor of Joseph B. Anthony, then president judge of the county. It is the thirty-third in size and contains 8,640 acres. It lies directly north of Woodward and the character of the terrain is the same as those other townships in the vicinity, both rolling and hilly. It was part of the domain of the “Fair Play Men,” and Brattan Caldwell, one of the leaders of that exceptional form
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Anthony Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Nobody well known was born in Anthony Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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