On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Ashland Township is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Ashland Township’s overall grade.
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 Ashland 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.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±9.3 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Ashland Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Kossuth
1849–today
Fern
1885–1959
Mong
1889–1903
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ElmoFernKlineKossuthNineveh
Gone or out of use
Wise Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ashland Township
Ashland United MethodistFern Trinity Evangelical Congregational ChurchyardOld DutchPhippsSaint Mark'sStarr
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Ashland Township on the map, 1922 to 1972
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ashland Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1922Oil City 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 Ashland Township.
The story so far
Ashland Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ashland Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
There is also the Borough of Ashland in Schuylkill and Columbia Counties. Ashland Township is a township in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,116 at the 2020 census, an increase from the figure of 1,114 tabulated in 2010.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,114 in 2010, 1,119 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Ashland Township, 1849 to 1959
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Ashland Township is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. 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 Ashland Township?
34% of Ashland Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.3 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1967.
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 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.
