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History · Dean Township

Dean Township’s post office opened in 1890, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1920 on.

1890first post office
0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Dean Township began

When was Dean Township founded?

1890

The Dean Township post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Dean (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 328136 years
Founding year: the first Dean Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Dean 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 Dean Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Dean Township, and 7 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19205 editions of the USGS map, 1920 to 1993. Watch Dean Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dean 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.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Dysart
1888–today
Dean
1890–1967
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CondronDeanDoughertyDysartHighland FlingRichlandTippletown
Gone or out of use
Condron Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Dean Township
Richland Methodist

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

On the map

Dean Township on the map, 1920 to 1993

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

Dean Township on the 1920 USGS mapDean Township on the 1963 USGS mapDean Township on the 1972 USGS mapDean Township on the 1981 USGS mapDean Township on the 1993 USGS map1920Altoona 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 Dean Township.

The story so far

Dean Township, in brief

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

Dean is a village and an unincorporated community within Dean Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 391 to 328 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Dean Township, 1888 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Dysart post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Dean post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1920On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1967Post officeThe Dean post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Dean Township

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

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Charlie CristUnited States Representative from 2017 to 2022 · b. 1956
Michael BeheAmerican biochemist, author, and intelligent de… · b. 1952
Janet BlairActress · b. 1921
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Andrew Kevin WalkerAmerican screenwriter · b. 1964
Paul WinterAmerican saxophonist · b. 1939
H. Beam PiperAmerican science fiction writer · b. 1904
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Clearfield TownshipIts storyC+Gallitzin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAntis TownshipIts storyBLogan Township3 historic placesB+Reade TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Dean Township’s history

What year was Dean Township founded?

The Dean Township post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.