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History · Choconut Township

Choconut Township’s post office opened in 1829

Most of Choconut Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1943 on.

1829first post office
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Photo: Adam Moss from East Amherst, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Choconut Township began

When was Choconut Township founded?

1829

The Choconut Township post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Choconut (1829) and Saint Joseph (1852), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 679197 years
Founding year: the first Choconut Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Choconut 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 Choconut Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Choconut Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1829: 197 years of Choconut Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Choconut Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Choconut
1829–1942
Saint Joseph
1852–1953
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ChoconutSaint Joseph

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

Timeline

Choconut Township, 1829 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1829Post officeThe Choconut post office opens
  3. 1852Post officeThe Saint Joseph post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1942Post officeThe Choconut post office closes
  6. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1953Post officeThe Saint Joseph post office closes
The story so far

Choconut Township, in brief

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

Choconut Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 684 at the 2020 census. It is named for the native tribe of Choconut, or Ochugnut people, who settled the area prior to European/American settlers.

Its first post office opened in 1829. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 713 to 679 (-5%).

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

Choconut Township on the map, 1943 to 1978

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

Choconut Township on the 1943 USGS mapChoconut Township on the 1967 USGS mapChoconut Township on the 1978 USGS map1943Le Raysville 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 Choconut Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Choconut Township

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

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Camille PagliaAmerican feminist academic and critic · b. 1947
Bridget MoynahanAmerican actress and model · b. 1971
Douglas G. HurleyAmerican astronaut · b. 1966
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Chris WedgeAmerican animator, director, producer, and writ… · b. 1957
Douglas H. WheelockAmerican astronaut · b. 1960
Rick BakerAmerican special makeup effects artist · b. 1950
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Silver Lake Township1 historic placeA−FriendsvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townApolacon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForest Lake TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Choconut Township’s history

What year was Choconut Township founded?

The Choconut Township post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.