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History · Brady Township

Half of Brady Township’s homes were built after 1974

Most of Brady Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1900 on.

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What stands out about Brady 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 Brady Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19004 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1993. Watch Brady Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brady Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Brady Township on the map, 1900 to 1993

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

Brady Township on the 1900 USGS mapBrady Township on the 1963 USGS mapBrady Township on the 1972 USGS mapBrady Township on the 1993 USGS map1900Kittanning 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 Brady Township.

The story so far

Brady Township, in brief

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

Brady Township is a township in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 75 at the 2020 census, an increase from the figure of 55 tabulated in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 55 to 77 (+40%).

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

Timeline

Brady Township, 1868 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Philipston post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1954Post officeThe Philipston post office closes
By decade

Brady Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Phillipston
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Brady Township
PhillipstonSaint Eusebius

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bradys Bend Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast BradyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMadison TownshipIts storyB+

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.