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History · Crawford Township

12% of Crawford Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 6 buildings. Below: maps from 1921 on and the census since 1980.

1on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Crawford 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 Crawford Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19214 editions of the USGS map, 1921 to 1973. Watch Crawford Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crawford Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Crawford Township on the map, 1921 to 1973

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

Crawford Township on the 1921 USGS mapCrawford Township on the 1944 USGS mapCrawford Township on the 1965 USGS mapCrawford Township on the 1973 USGS map1921Lock Haven 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 Crawford Township.

The story

How Crawford Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Crawford Township.

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Ravensburg State Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Crawford Township, 1884 to 1942

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Rauchtown post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1921On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1942Post officeThe Rauchtown post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 6 historic buildings

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1987
Ravensburg State Park
Ravensburg State Park
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Rustic1
Ravensburg State ParkRustic

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

People over time

Crawford Township, census by census

02004006008001,000198020002020Peak: 968

Between 665 and 968 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Crawford Township

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

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Alison BechdelAmerican cartoonist, author · b. 1960
John SloanAmerican painter · b. 1871
Christina HartActress, director, producer · b. 1949
Alexander McDonaldAmerican politician · b. 1832
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James GambleAmerican politician · b. 1809
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Mike HannaAmerican politician · b. 1953
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Castle RocksRauchtown
1cemetery inside Crawford Township
Mount Zion

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Wayne TownshipIts storyB−Greene TownshipIts storyC+Limestone TownshipIts storyBRauchtownIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Crawford Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Crawford Township?

One place: the Ravensburg State Park (listed 1987).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.