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History · Ceres Township

Ceres Township dates to 1798, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1933 on and the census since 2000.

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How Ceres Township began

When was Ceres Township founded?

1798

Ceres Township dates its founding to 1798 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 2000.

First census: 1,003 in 20002020 census: 846228 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1876.

What stands out about Ceres 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 Ceres Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ceres Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1798: 228 years of Ceres Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ceres 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.

Bell Run
1876–1907
Myrtle
1879–1905
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Myrtle
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ceres Township
Bell RunEvergreenMyrtle

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

Timeline

Ceres Township, 1798 to 1933

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1798
    FoundingCeres Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1840Born hereMyron H. McCord is born here
  5. 1876Post officeThe Bell Run post office opens
  6. 1879Post officeThe Myrtle post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1905Post officeThe Myrtle post office closes
  9. 1907Post officeThe Bell Run post office closes
  10. 1933On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Ceres Township, in brief

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

Ceres Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 846 at the 2020 census.

Ceres Township was established in 1798. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 905 to 846 (-7%).

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

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 map

Ceres Township on the map, 1933 to 1970

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

Ceres Township on the 1933 USGS mapCeres Township on the 1970 USGS map1933Smethport 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 Ceres Township.

People over time

Ceres Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 1,003

Between 846 and 1,003 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Annin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty Township1 historic placeASharon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEldred TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Ceres Township’s history

What year was Ceres Township founded?

In 1798, according to Wikidata. Ceres Township’s post office opened in 1876, and the census of 2000 counted 1,003 people here.

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 and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.