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History · Bradys Bend Township

Bradys Bend Township’s post office opened in 1845, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the St. Stephen's Church and the Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces. Below: maps from 1900 on.

1845first post office
2on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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How Bradys Bend Township began

When was Bradys Bend Township founded?

1845

The Bradys Bend Township post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Bradys Bend (1845), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 784181 years
Founding year: the first Bradys Bend Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Bradys Bend 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 Bradys Bend 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 Bradys Bend Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1845: 181 years of Bradys Bend Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bradys Bend Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Bradys Bend Township on the map, 1900 to 1993

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

Bradys Bend Township on the 1900 USGS mapBradys Bend Township on the 1964 USGS mapBradys Bend Township on the 1972 USGS mapBradys Bend 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 Bradys Bend Township.

Timeline

Bradys Bend Township, 1845 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1845Post officeThe Bradys Bend post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Kaylor post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1909Post officeThe Bradys Bend post office closes
The story

How Bradys Bend Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bradys Bend Township.

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The Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces and St. Stephen's Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Bradys Bend Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
St. Stephen's Church
St. Stephen's ChurchBradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces
BuildingsSites

Architectural styles listings

Gothic1
St. Stephen's ChurchGothic
Bradys Bend Iron Company FurnacesSite

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

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

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

Bradys Bend
1845–1909
Kaylor
1881–today
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bradys BendKaylor
Gone or out of use
Saint Stephens Churchchurch
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bradys Bend Township
Bradys BendSaint Marys

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.

East BradyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrady TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMadison TownshipIts storyB+Perry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSugarcreek Township1 historic placeB

Questions about Bradys Bend Township’s history

What year was Bradys Bend Township founded?

The Bradys Bend Township post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Bradys Bend Township?

Two places: the St. Stephen's Church (listed 1980) and the Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces (1980).

Memory lane

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

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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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, 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.