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History · Beaver Township

31% of Beaver Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1900 on, and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Beaver Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Beaver 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 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Beaver Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19004 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1990. Watch Beaver Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaver Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBeaver County Court House: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

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

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

Beaver Center
1858–1907
Palmer
1890–1901
Wing
1895–1907
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Beaver CenterPalmer
Gone or out of use
Pontius Airportairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Beaver Township
Beaver CenterBrooksWhite

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

On the map

Beaver Township on the map, 1900 to 1990

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

Beaver Township on the 1900 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1959 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1970 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1990 USGS map1900Girard 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 Beaver Township.

The story

How Beaver Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Beaver Township.

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The area that became the township was first settled about 1797. On 9 July 1800 six townships were incorporated in the county, including:

Beaver Township, Conneaut, Cussewago, Fairfield, Sadsbury, and Venango Township.

In 1829 Beaver and Cussewago were reduced in area by the incorporation of Spring Township between them. Beaver Township has maintained the same borders since 1829.

Lowest Elevation: 850 ft (260 m) where Conneaut Creek flows northward from the township.

Highest Elevation: 1,170 ft (360 m) at the southern township border, southwest of Palmer

Major Rivers/Streams and Watersheds: Conneaut Creek and Shenango River (southwestern part of township)

West Branch Conneaut Creek tributaries: Mud Run, East Branch, and Middle Branch

ChaptersNatural features

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Beaver Township in 1885

Passages that mention Beaver Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

with the terms of settlement by means of a temporary tenant, to whom a stipend or a portion of the tract was given, while other enterprising pioneers with large families entered several tracts, built rude cabins and placed a son in each one. The western part of Beaver Township consists of thirteen …
history of crawford county, pennsylvania1885 · page 504Read the page →
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with the terms of settlement by means of a temporary tenant, to whom a stipend or a portion of the tract was given, while other enterprising pioneers with large families entered several tracts, built rude cabins and placed a son in each one. The western part of Beaver Township consists of thirteen tracts, owned by the American Land Company, while in the eastern and southern bib the Pennsylvania Population Company acquired the title of sixteen racts, _ Settlements were commenced in Beaver as early as 1797. Some of the

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.

Timeline

Beaver Township, 1858 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Beaver Center post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Palmer post office opens
  4. 1895Post officeThe Wing post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1901Post officeThe Palmer post office closes
  8. 1905In the archiveBeaver County Court House
  9. 1907Post officeThe Beaver Center post office closes
  10. 1907Post officeThe Wing post office closes
By decade

Beaver Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s4 items
Beaver County Court House1905Beaver County Court HouseBeaver County fair grounds1906Beaver County fair groundsOhio River1906Ohio RiverOld U.P. Church1906Old U.P. Church
1910s–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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Today6 recent
PA 198 wb in Palmer, Beaver Twp., Crawford Co., June 20242024PA 198 wb in Palmer, Beaver Twp., Crawford Co., June …PA 198 wb in Beaver Twp., Crawford Co., June 20242024PA 198 wb in Beaver Twp., Crawford Co., June 2024PA 198 wb approaching Ohio state line, June 20242024PA 198 wb approaching Ohio state line, June 20242022-06-05 11 49 40 View west along Pennsylvania State Route 198 (Pierpoint Road) at South Beaver Road-Beaver Center Ro…20222022-06-05 11 49 40 View west along Pennsylvania Stat…Stone Run in January2015Stone Run in JanuaryPA198wEndSignRoad-OHborder2013PA198wEndSignRoad-OHborder
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.

Beaver County Court House
Retake this viewBeaver County Court House, 1905

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

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People over time

Beaver Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 903

Between 793 and 903 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Spring TownshipIts storyB+Conneaut Township1 historic placeAConneaut TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Beaver Township’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (6), the Library of Congress (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), 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.