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History · Bloss Township

34% of Bloss Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1925 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bloss 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 writtenNo old photos of Bloss Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Bloss Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19253 editions of the USGS map, 1925 to 1970. Watch Bloss Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bloss Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Arnot
1867–today
Landrus
1882–1914
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ArnotKlondikeLandrusMaple Hill
Gone or out of use
Hi Line Lodge Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bloss Township
Maple HillSwedish Lutheran

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

On the map

Bloss Township on the map, 1925 to 1970

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

Bloss Township on the 1925 USGS mapBloss Township on the 1944 USGS mapBloss Township on the 1970 USGS map1925Blossburg 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 Bloss Township.

The story so far

Bloss Township, in brief

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

Bloss Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 343 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 353 to 343 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Bloss Township, 1867 to 1925

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Arnot post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Landrus post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1914Post officeThe Landrus post office closes
  6. 1925On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Bloss Township, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 354

Between 343 and 354 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Bloss Township

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

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Kathryn CrawfordAmerican actress · b. 1908
William A. StoneAmerican politician, Pennsylvania · b. 1846
Ed SchieffelinProspector who discovered the Tombstone mining … · b. 1847
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Tom M. MitchellComputer scientist · b. 1951
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Jesse SpringAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1901
Red MurrayAmerican baseball player · b. 1884
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Duncan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCovington TownshipIts storyB+BlossburgIts storyA−Hamilton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.