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History · Clover Township

35% of Clover Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Knapp, Joseph, Hotel and Store. Below: maps from 1924 on and the census since 1850.

1on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

Where Clover Township’s name came from

How did Clover Township get its name?

Clover Township was named for Levi G. Clover, Jefferson County prothonotary, in 1841.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

What stands out about Clover 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 Clover Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Clover Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,054 in 1880; 429 people lived here in 2010.On the map since 19244 editions of the USGS map, 1924 to 1981. Watch Clover Township change.
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Start Clover Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clover Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Dolingville
1869–1871
Baxter
1875–1967
Content
1887–1908
Carrier
1890–1906
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BaxterContent
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clover Township
CarrierJeffersonMount Pleasant United MethodistVandervortWestview

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

People over time

Clover Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001850190019502000Peak: 1,054

Peaked at 1,054 in 1880; 429 people lived here in 2010.

17 censuses, 1850–2010.

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

The story so far

Clover Township, in brief

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

Clover Township is a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 429 at the 2020 census, down from 448 at the 2010 census. It was named for Levi G. Clover, Jefferson County prothonotary, in 1841.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 448 to 432 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Clover Township, 1869 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Dolingville post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Dolingville post office closes
  4. 1875Post officeThe Baxter post office opens
  5. 1880CensusPopulation peaks at 1,054
  6. 1887Post officeThe Content post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1908Post officeThe Content post office closes
  9. 1924On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1967Post officeThe Baxter post office closes
By decade

Clover Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Clover Township along 9492015Clover Township along 949Pennsylvania State Route 282012Pennsylvania State Route 28Pennsylvania State Route 282012Pennsylvania State Route 28Pennsylvania State Route 282012Pennsylvania State Route 28Pennsylvania State Route 282012Pennsylvania State Route 28Map of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Clover Township2008Map of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Cl…Map
On the map

Clover Township on the map, 1924 to 1981

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

Clover Township on the 1924 USGS mapClover Township on the 1944 USGS mapClover Township on the 1969 USGS mapClover Township on the 1981 USGS map1924Brookville 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 Clover Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Clover Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2018
Knapp, Joseph, Hotel and Store
Knapp, Joseph, Hotel and Store
Buildings
All 1 listings
Knapp, Joseph, Hotel and StoreBuilding · listed 2018

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Clover Township

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

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Albert C. ThompsonLawyer, judge and politician · b. 1842
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DeVeren BookwalterAmerican actor · b. 1939
Nathan Leroy StrongAmerican politician · b. 1859
Samuel Alfred CraigUnion United States Army officer · b. 1839
Summers Melville JackAmerican politician · b. 1852
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Andy HastingsAmerican football player · b. 1893
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rose TownshipIts storyBBeaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLimestone TownshipIts storyB+Redbank TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Clover Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Clover Township?

One place: the Knapp, Joseph, Hotel and Store (listed 2018).

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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (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.