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History · Chatham Township

19% of Chatham Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1900 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Chatham 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 Chatham Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19003 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1969. Watch Chatham Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Chatham Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chatham Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Chatham Township on the map, 1900 to 1969

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

Chatham Township on the 1900 USGS mapChatham Township on the 1954 USGS mapChatham Township on the 1969 USGS map1900Elkland 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 Chatham Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Little Marsh
1833–1987
East Chatham
1870–1910
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Christian HillLittle MarshShortsville
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Chatham Township
CloosHillsideLeeShort

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

The story so far

Chatham Township, in brief

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

Chatham Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 609 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 588 to 610 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Chatham Township, 1833 to 1987

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1833Post officeThe Little Marsh post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe East Chatham post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1910Post officeThe East Chatham post office closes
  7. 1987Post officeThe Little Marsh post office closes
By decade

Chatham Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
2021-09-17 17 22 28 View south along Pennsylvania State Route 249 just south of Short Hill Road in20212021-09-17 17 22 28 View south along Pennsylvania Sta…Chatham Township Park2008Chatham Township Park
People over time

Chatham Township, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 609

Between 587 and 609 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Chatham Township

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

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James Tyler KentAmerican physician, homeopat · b. 1849
Charles MeredithAmerican actor · b. 1894
Kathryn CrawfordAmerican actress · b. 1908
William A. StoneAmerican politician, Pennsylvania · b. 1846
Ed SchieffelinProspector who discovered the Tombstone mining … · b. 1847
James A. ParsonsAmerican judge and politician · b. 1868
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Clymer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShippen Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMiddlebury TownshipIts storyC+Deerfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelmar 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 (2), 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.