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History · Beaver Township

50% of Beaver Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1924 on, and the census since 1850.

0on the National Register
50%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Beaver Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

Where Beaver Township’s name came from

How did Beaver Township get its name?

Beaver Township was named for Beaver Run, a stream which traverses the township from east to west.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Beaver Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,449 in 1920; 468 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Beaver Township’s homes were built before 1941.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Heathville
1841–1965
Pansy
1884–1950
Langville
1886–1918
Ohl
1886–1933
Conifer
1908–1930
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ConiferHeathvilleLangvilleOhlPansy
Gone or out of use
Cliff SchoolschoolThomas SchoolschoolZion Schoolschool
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Beaver Township
Bethlehem LutheranCliff United Methodist ChurchConiferLangville United MethodistOhlSmithZion

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

Help out

Start Beaver Township’s collection

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
People over time

Beaver Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001850190019502000Peak: 1,449

Peaked at 1,449 in 1920; 468 people lived here in 2020.

18 censuses, 1850–2020.

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

The story so far

Beaver Township, in brief

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

Beaver Township is a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 468 at the 2020 census, down from 498 at the 2010 census. It was named for Beaver Run, a stream which traverses the township from east to west.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 498 to 465 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Beaver Township, 1841 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1841Post officeThe Heathville post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Pansy post office opens
  4. 1886Post officeThe Langville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905In the archiveBeaver County Court House
  7. 1918Post officeThe Langville post office closes
  8. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 1,449
  9. 1924On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1950Post officeThe Pansy post office closes
  11. 1965Post officeThe Heathville 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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On the map

Beaver Township on the map, 1924 to 1969

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 1924 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1944 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1969 USGS map1924Brookville 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.

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Beaver Township

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

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Albert C. ThompsonLawyer, judge and politician · b. 1842
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DeVeren BookwalterAmerican actor · b. 1939
Nathan Leroy StrongAmerican politician · b. 1859
Samuel Alfred CraigUnion United States Army officer · b. 1839
Summers Melville JackAmerican politician · b. 1852
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Andy HastingsAmerican football player · b. 1893
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ringgold TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWorthvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRedbank TownshipIts storyB+Clover Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOliver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRedbank TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRose TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Beaver Township’s history

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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 the Library of Congress (4), 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.