The story
Read it all →How Davidson Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Davidson Township.
The Sonestown Covered Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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History · Davidson Township
Davidson Township’s post office opened in 1835, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Sonestown Covered Bridge. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1934 on.
1835first post office
1on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Quick answers
How Davidson Township began
When was Davidson Township founded?
1835
The Davidson Township post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Davidson (1835), Muncy Bottom (1854) and Sonestown (1854), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 549191 years
Founding year: the first Davidson Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Davidson Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices and old corners
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Davidson
Muncy Bottom
Sonestown
Muncy Valley
Emmons
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Beech GlenEmmonsLong BrookMuncy ValleySonestown
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Davidson Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Davidson Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Davidson Township, 1835 to 1965
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1835Post officeThe Davidson post office opens
- 1854Post officeThe Muncy Bottom post office opens
- 1854Post officeThe Sonestown post office opens
- 1875Post officeThe Muncy Bottom post office closes
- 1886Post officeThe Davidson post office closes
- 20th century
- 1934
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1965Post officeThe Sonestown post office closes
By decade
Davidson Township, decade by decade
Date?
2015
2011
2006On the map
Davidson Township on the map, 1934 to 1969
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Davidson Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1934LaPorte sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Davidson Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Davidson Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Sonestown Covered Bridge
Structures
Architectural styles listings
Burr Truss1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Davidson Township
Nobody well known was born in Davidson Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
J
Johnny BentAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1908G
Garland GrangePlayer of American football · b. 1906N
Neil WelliverAmerican artist · b. 1929
M
Melvin E. PageAmerican dentist · b. 1894Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Laporte TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShrewsbury TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townColley Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSugarloaf Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJordan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPenn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Davidson Township’s history
What year was Davidson Township founded?
The Davidson Township post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Davidson Township?
One place: the Sonestown Covered Bridge (listed 1980).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.