The story
Read it all →How Antis Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Antis Township.
The township was named for Frederick Antes, a colonel who fought during the Revolutionary War.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Antis Township
Antis Township dates to 1787, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 57% of U.S. towns · #632 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Below: maps from 1920 on.
1787founded
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Antis Township began
When was Antis Township founded?
1787
Antis Township dates its founding to 1787 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1851.
2020 census: 6,478239 years
How historic is Antis Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 57% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1851.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Antis Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Antis Township is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns, #632 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 Antis Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1787, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194016.3% of homes (±6.0) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%BNational 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 57%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 39%
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 Antis 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 Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1787.
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 (±6.0 points).
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Antis 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 writtenNo old photos of Antis Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Antis Township, and 7 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19203 editions of the USGS map, 1920 to 1972. Watch Antis Township change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1787: 239 years of Antis Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Antis Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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.
Fostoria
Sabbath Rest
Tipton
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BellwoodCharlottsvilleFostoriaPinecroftRiggles GapRootsTipton
Gone or out of use
Peterson Memorial FieldairportRiggles Gap Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Antis Township
AntisAsbury United MethodistBlair Memorial ParkCharlottsvilleDysartLogan Valley
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Antis Township on the map, 1920 to 1972
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Antis Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1920Altoona 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 Antis Township.
Timeline
Antis Township, 1787 to 1920
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 18th century
- 1787FoundingAntis Township is established
- 19th century
- 1851Post officeThe Fostoria post office opens
- 1852Post officeThe Sabbath Rest post office opens
- 1854Post officeThe Tipton post office opens
- 20th century
- 1903Post officeThe Fostoria post office closes
- 1911Post officeThe Sabbath Rest post office closes
- 1920
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Antis Township, decade by decade
Today7 recent
2024PA 865 sb entering Bellwood, Aug. 2024
2024PA 865 nb at I-99, Aug. 2024
2024PA 764 northern terminus, Aug. 2024
2024Covenant Community Church, Bellwood, PA, Aug. 2024
2024Antis Township, PA municipal building, Aug. 2024
20212021-10-27 13 22 04 View north along Interstate 99 an…
20212021-10-27 13 07 50 View south along Pennsylvania Sta…Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Antis Township
Nobody well known was born in Antis Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Andrew Kevin WalkerAmerican screenwriter · b. 1964
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Antis Township’s history
What year was Antis Township founded?
In 1787, according to Wikidata. Antis Township’s post office opened in 1851.
How does Antis Township rank for history?
Antis Township is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns, #632 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 Antis Township?
16% of Antis Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.0 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1973.
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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).
From Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikipedia, 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.