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History · Covington Township

Covington Township dates to 1817, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 1970.

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Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0
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How Covington Township began

When was Covington Township founded?

1817

Covington Township dates its founding to 1817 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1970.

First census: 533 in 19702020 census: 494209 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1839.

What stands out about Covington 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 Covington Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 669 in 1980; 497 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Covington Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1817: 209 years of Covington Township.
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Start Covington Township’s collection

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

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People over time

Covington Township, census by census

0100200300400500600700198020002020Peak: 669

Peaked at 669 in 1980; 497 people lived here in 2020.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Keewaydin, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Frenchville
1839–today
Keewaydin
1884–1941
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FrenchvilleGuenot SettlementKeewaydinMowryRolling Stone
Gone or out of use
Fairmont SchoolschoolFrenchville StationlocaleMount Pleasant Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Covington Township
KeewaydinSaint Mary of the Assumption

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

The story so far

Covington Township, in brief

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

Covington Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 497 at the 2020 census.

Covington Township was established in 1817. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 526 to 494 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Covington Township, 1817 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1817
    FoundingCovington Township is established
  3. 1839Post officeThe Frenchville post office opens
  4. 1884Post officeThe Keewaydin post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1941Post officeThe Keewaydin post office closes
  8. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 669
By decade

Covington Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Covington Township on the map, 1929 to 1932

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

Covington Township on the 1929 USGS mapCovington Township on the 1932 USGS map1929Karthaus 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 Covington Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Covington Township

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

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John Patton Jr.American politician · b. 1850
Charles Emory PattonAmerican politician from Pennsylvania · b. 1859
Edward ScofieldUnion Army officer and governor of Wisconsin · b. 1842
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Ken JamesAustralian basketball player · b. 1945
Doug BrocailAmerican baseball player · b. 1967
Anthony A. MitchellAmerican conductor · b. 1918
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Graham TownshipIts storyC−Cooper Township1 historic placeA−Girard TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKarthaus TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGibson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Covington Township’s history

What year was Covington Township founded?

In 1817, according to Wikidata. Covington Township’s post office opened in 1839, and the census of 1970 counted 533 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 (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.