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History · Conewango Township

Conewango Township’s post office opened in 1828, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 68% of U.S. towns · #499 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 2000.

1828first post office
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Conewango Township began

When was Conewango Township founded?

1828

The Conewango Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Conewango (1828), Mead (1852) and North Warren (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 3,915 in 20002020 census: 3,427198 years

How historic is Conewango Township?

B+

More historic than 68% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Conewango Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Conewango Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Conewango Township is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns, #499 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Conewango Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1828, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194027.2% of homes (±8.2) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%A−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 68%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 52%

Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Conewango Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Conewango 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 Conewango Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Conewango Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19063 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1971. Watch Conewango Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Conewango Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Conewango
1828–1835
Mead
1852–1857
North Warren
1874–1960
Starbrick
1901–1907
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Jackson CrossingNorth WarrenStarbrickVenturetown
Gone or out of use
Jackson Run SchoolschoolKnupp Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Conewango Township
MeadWeilerWestview

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

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Start Conewango Township’s collection

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

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On the map

Conewango Township on the map, 1906 to 1971

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

Conewango Township on the 1906 USGS mapConewango Township on the 1954 USGS mapConewango Township on the 1971 USGS map1906Warren 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 Conewango Township.

The story so far

Conewango Township, in brief

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

Conewango Township is a township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,427 at the 2020 census, down from 3,594 at the 2010 census. 3,915 at the 2000 census.

Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,594 to 3,427 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Conewango Township, 1828 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Conewango post office opens
  3. 1835Post officeThe Conewango post office closes
  4. 1852Post officeThe Mead post office opens
  5. 1857Post officeThe Mead post office closes
  6. 1870Born hereEarl Hanley Beshlin is born here
  7. 1874Post officeThe North Warren post office opens
  8. 20th century
  9. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1960Post officeThe North Warren post office closes
By decade

Conewango Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
PA 69 at US 62 in North Warren2022PA 69 at US 62 in North Warren1995 Chevrolet Cavalier base in Bright Aqua Metallic, front left, 05-31-202120211995 Chevrolet Cavalier base in Bright Aqua Metallic,…1993 Ford Escort LX wagon in Crystal Blue Metallic, front right, 05-31-202120211993 Ford Escort LX wagon in Crystal Blue Metallic, f…Dairy Queen2014Dairy QueenBig Lots2013Big LotsArby's2013Arby's
People over time

Conewango Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00020002020Peak: 3,915

Between 3,427 and 3,915 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Glade TownshipIts storyC+Warren8 historic placesA+Pleasant TownshipIts storyCBrokenstraw Township1 historic placeA−Farmington TownshipIts storyC+North WarrenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStarbrickIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPine Grove Township1 historic placeA−Sugar Grove TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Conewango Township’s history

What year was Conewango Township founded?

The Conewango Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Conewango Township rank for history?

Conewango Township is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns, #499 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Conewango Township?

27% of Conewango Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.2 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1959.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.