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Cooper Twp., Montour Co., PA municipal building, Aug. 2024Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Cooper Township

14% of Cooper Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
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What stands out about Cooper 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 Cooper Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18926 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1994. Watch Cooper Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cooper Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Cooper Township on the map, 1892 to 1994

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

Cooper Township on the 1892 USGS mapCooper Township on the 1943 USGS mapCooper Township on the 1952 USGS mapCooper Township on the 1969 USGS mapCooper Township on the 1977 USGS mapCooper Township on the 1994 USGS map1892Shamokin 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 Cooper Township.

The story

How Cooper Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cooper Township.

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The first settlers in the township were a family by the name of Krum. A church was built in the township in 1856. Historically, there were numerous mineral deposits, such as iron ore and limestone in the township. There were also limestone kilns in the past.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Cooper Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Cooper Twp., Montour Co., PA municipal building, Aug. 20242024Cooper Twp., Montour Co., PA municipal building, Aug.…Scenery of Cooper Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania 12015Scenery of Cooper Township, Montour County, Pennsylva…Power line in Cooper Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania2015Power line in Cooper Township, Montour County, Pennsy…Hay Field2015Hay Field
People over time

Cooper Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 966

Between 932 and 966 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Cooper Township

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

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Haldan Keffer HartlineAmerican neuroscientist · b. 1903
Krysten RitterAmerican actress · b. 1981
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Amos Arthur HellerAmerican botanist · b. 1867
Peter MarkleFilm director, television director, screenwriter · b. 1952
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Emile SantiagoAmerican costume designer · b. 1899
Frank Eugene LutzAmerican entomologist · b. 1879
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Ridgeville
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cooper Township
LazarusRidgeville Reformed

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Montour TownshipIts storyC+Mahoning TownshipIts storyBMayberry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Hemlock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cooper Township’s history

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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), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.