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History · Catharine Township

22% of Catharine Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 9 buildings. Below: maps from 1923 on.

1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Catharine 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 Catharine Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Catharine Township, and 8 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19235 editions of the USGS map, 1923 to 1972. Watch Catharine Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Catharine 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 and burying grounds

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

Yellow Spring
1815–1906
Ganister
1883–1979
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CarlimEtna FurnaceGanisterMount EtnaPoint ViewRobeson ExtensionSaint ClairYellow Springs
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Catharine Township
Keller ChurchWilliamsYellow Springs Henrys Lutheran

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

On the map

Catharine Township on the map, 1923 to 1972

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

Catharine Township on the 1923 USGS mapCatharine Township on the 1933 USGS mapCatharine Township on the 1946 USGS mapCatharine Township on the 1963 USGS mapCatharine Township on the 1972 USGS map1923Tyrone 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 Catharine Township.

The story

How Catharine Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Catharine Township.

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Located in Catharine Township is the Mount Etna Furnace Complex, originally listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and expanded in 1991.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Catharine Township, 1815 to 1979

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1815Post officeThe Yellow Spring post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Ganister post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906Post officeThe Yellow Spring post office closes
  6. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1979Post officeThe Ganister post office closes
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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On the National Register

1 listing protects 9 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. Boundary changes and added documentation are counted with their listing.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
9
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Etna Furnace
Etna Furnace
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Iron Furnace1
Etna FurnaceIron Furnace

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Catharine Township

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

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Hedda HopperAmerican gossip columnist and actress · b. 1885
Charlie CristUnited States Representative from 2017 to 2022 · b. 1956
Michael BeheAmerican biochemist, author, and intelligent de… · b. 1952
Janet BlairActress · b. 1921
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Andrew Kevin WalkerAmerican screenwriter · b. 1964
Paul WinterAmerican saxophonist · b. 1939
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Morris TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWoodbury Township1 historic placeA−Tyrone Township3 historic placesB+Porter Township3 historic placesA−Cove ForgeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRobeson ExtensionIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFrankstown TownshipIts storyC+Williamsburg1 historic placeA+GanisterIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSt. ClairIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Catharine Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Catharine Township?

One place: the Etna Furnace (listed 1973).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.