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History · Apolacon Township

Half of Apolacon Township’s homes were built after 1986

Most of Apolacon Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0

What stands out about Apolacon 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Apolacon Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Apolacon Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Apolacon Township, in brief

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

Apolacon Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 426 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 500 to 426 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Apolacon Township, 1880 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Apolacon - ED…
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Nixon post office opens
  5. 1909Post officeThe Nixon post office closes
  6. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Apolacon Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Apolacon - ED 58-118801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania …
1890s–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

Apolacon Township on the map, 1943 to 1978

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

Apolacon Township on the 1943 USGS mapApolacon Township on the 1967 USGS mapApolacon Township on the 1978 USGS map1943Le Raysville 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 Apolacon 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.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Apolacon - ED 58-1
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Apolacon - ED 58-1, 1880

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Apolacon Township

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

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Camille PagliaAmerican feminist academic and critic · b. 1947
Bridget MoynahanAmerican actress and model · b. 1971
Douglas G. HurleyAmerican astronaut · b. 1966
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Chris WedgeAmerican animator, director, producer, and writ… · b. 1957
Douglas H. WheelockAmerican astronaut · b. 1960
Rick BakerAmerican special makeup effects artist · b. 1950
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Nixon, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Nixon
1cemetery inside Apolacon Township
Saint Thomas the Apostle

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Little MeadowsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFriendsvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChoconut TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMiddletown TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Apolacon Township’s history

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.