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History · Cherry Grove Township

Cherry Grove Township’s post office opened in 1883

Most of Cherry Grove Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1935 on, and the census since 2000.

1883first post office
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Cherry Grove Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Cherry Grove Township began

When was Cherry Grove Township founded?

1883

The Cherry Grove Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Cherry Grove (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 228 in 20002020 census: 174143 years
Founding year: the first Cherry Grove Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Cherry Grove 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Cherry Grove Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cherry Grove 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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The story so far

Cherry Grove Township, in brief

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

Cherry Grove Township is a township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 173, down from 216 in the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 216 to 174 (-19%).

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

Timeline

Cherry Grove Township, 1850 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Warren County - ED 62-1, E…
  3. 1883Post officeThe Cherry Grove post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1927Post officeThe Cherry Grove post office closes
  6. 1935On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Cherry Grove Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1850s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1850s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Warren County - ED 62-1, ED 62-2, ED 62-3, ED 62-4, ED 6…18501940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Penns…
On the map

Cherry Grove Township on the map, 1935 to 1971

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

Cherry Grove Township on the 1935 USGS mapCherry Grove Township on the 1941 USGS mapCherry Grove Township on the 1966 USGS mapCherry Grove Township on the 1971 USGS map1935Sheffield 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 Cherry Grove Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Warren County - ED 62-1, ED 62-2, ED 62-3, ED 62-4, ED 6…
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Warren County - ED 62-1, ED 62-2, ED 62-3, ED 62-4, ED 6…, 1850

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Cherry Grove Township’s page.

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People over time

Cherry Grove Township, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 228

Between 173 and 228 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Cherry Grove Township

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

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Maryanne AmacherAmerican composer and installation artist · b. 1938
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Susan KiefferAmerican geologist · b. 1942
William E. StevensonAmerican politician · b. 1820
Guy HeckerAmerican pitcher in Major League Baseball · b. 1856
William F. Clinger, Jr.American politician · b. 1929
Sherry MageeAmerican baseball player · b. 1884
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Cherry GroveHermit Spring
Gone or out of use
Cherry Grove Airportairport
1cemetery inside Cherry Grove Township
Cherry Grove

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.

Sheffield TownshipIts storyB+Watson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHowe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cherry Grove Township’s history

What year was Cherry Grove Township founded?

The Cherry Grove Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.