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History · Clay Township

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

Below: maps from 1930 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Clay 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 Clay Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Clay Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clay Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hubelsville
1862–1906
Shade Valley
1868–1943
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Fairview
Gone or out of use
Cedar Grove SchoolschoolCenter Grove SchoolschoolHubelsvillelocalePine Grove Schoolschool
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clay Township
Cherry GroveFairviewKyler FamilyOak GroveSaltilloShore ValleyZion Methodist Church

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

The story so far

Clay Township, in brief

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

Clay Township is a township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 872 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 926 to 868 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Clay Township, 1862 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1862Post officeThe Hubelsville post office opens
  3. 1868Post officeThe Shade Valley post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906Post officeThe Hubelsville post office closes
  6. 1930On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1943Post officeThe Shade Valley post office closes
By decade

Clay Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
PA 994 wb entering Three Springs, Aug. 20242024PA 994 wb entering Three Springs, Aug. 2024PA 994 wb entering Clay Twp. from Cromwell Twp., Aug. 20242024PA 994 wb entering Clay Twp. from Cromwell Twp., Aug.…Hudson Street wb in Clay Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, Aug. 20242024Hudson Street wb in Clay Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, Au…Hudson Street wb entering Saltillo, PA, Aug. 20242024Hudson Street wb entering Saltillo, PA, Aug. 2024PA 994 wb from PA 6552018PA 994 wb from PA 655Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Clay Township2008Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting C…Map
On the map

Clay Township on the map, 1930 to 1994

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

Clay Township on the 1930 USGS mapClay Township on the 1968 USGS mapClay Township on the 1973 USGS mapClay Township on the 1994 USGS map1930Broad Top 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 Clay Township.

People over time

Clay Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 926

Between 872 and 926 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Clay Township

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

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Sandra FlukeAmerican women's rights activist and lawyer · b. 1981
George M. ChilcottAmerican politician · b. 1828
Robert E. EvansAmerican politician · b. 1856
James Monroe MillerAmerican politician (Republican) · b. 1852
Robert Milton SpeerAmerican politician · b. 1838
R.W. DromgoldBusinessperson and Los Angeles, California poli… · b. 1856
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Springfield Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTodd Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWood Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCromwell Township1 historic placeB+Cass TownshipIts storyBTaylor TownshipIts storyC+

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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 (6), 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.