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History · Clymer Township

Clymer Township dates to 1815, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1899 on and the census since 2000.

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Quick answers

How Clymer Township began

When was Clymer Township founded?

1815

Clymer Township dates its founding to 1815 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 2000.

First census: 597 in 20002020 census: 623211 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1851.

What stands out about Clymer Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Clymer Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Clymer Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18993 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1969. Watch Clymer Township change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1815: 211 years of Clymer Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Mixtown
1851–1894
Sabinsville
1851–today
Lansing
1869–1917
Azelta
1892–1902
Clymer
1895–1902
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AzeltaClymerDavis StationMixtownSabinsville
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clymer Township
AckleyLarrisonLovelSabinsvilleWest Beech Woods

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

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Start Clymer Township’s collection

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

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On the map

Clymer Township on the map, 1899 to 1969

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

Clymer Township on the 1899 USGS mapClymer Township on the 1900 USGS mapClymer Township on the 1969 USGS map1899Gaines 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 Clymer Township.

The story so far

Clymer Township, in brief

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

Clymer Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 622 at the 2020 census.

Clymer Township was established in 1815. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 581 to 623 (+7%).

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

Timeline

Clymer Township, 1815 to 1917

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1815
    FoundingClymer Township is established
  3. 1851Post officeThe Mixtown post office opens
  4. 1851Post officeThe Sabinsville post office opens
  5. 1869Post officeThe Lansing post office opens
  6. 1894Post officeThe Mixtown post office closes
  7. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 20th century
  9. 1917Post officeThe Lansing post office closes
By decade

Clymer Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
2021-09-17 16 59 37 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 349 just north of Wattles Run Road in Clymer Township, Ti…20212021-09-17 16 59 37 View north along Pennsylvania Sta…Sabinsville, PA Keystone Marker crop2013Sabinsville, PA Keystone Marker cropSabinsville, PA Keystone Marker2009Sabinsville, PA Keystone MarkerMaple Sugaring Clymer Township2008Maple Sugaring Clymer Township
People over time

Clymer Township, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 622

Between 581 and 622 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Clymer Township

Nobody well known was born in Clymer 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.

Chatham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHector TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGaines TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShippen Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Clymer Township’s history

What year was Clymer Township founded?

In 1815, according to Wikidata. Clymer Township’s post office opened in 1851, and the census of 2000 counted 597 people here.

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 (4), 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.