The Beccaria Township post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Hegarty's Cross Boads (1863), Utahville (1863) and Blair City (1876), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,774132 years
How historic is Beccaria Township?
B−
More historic than 46% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Beccaria Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Beccaria Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Beccaria Township is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Beccaria 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 Beccaria 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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.0 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Beccaria Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Beccaria Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1903Curwensville 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 Beccaria Township.
The story so far
Beccaria Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Beccaria Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Beccaria is an unincorporated community in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 729, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) southeast of Glen Hope. Beccaria has a post office with ZIP code 16616.
Its first post office opened in 1894. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,782 in 2010, 1,774 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Beccaria Township, 1863 to 1966
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Beccaria Township post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Beccaria Township rank for history?
Beccaria Township is more historic than 46% 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 Beccaria Township?
26% of Beccaria Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.0 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1974.
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, 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.
