Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to East Cameron Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
View of East Cameron Township, Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaPhoto: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0
–Not graded
History · East Cameron Township

30% of East Cameron Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0

What stands out about East Cameron 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 East Cameron Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start East Cameron Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

East Cameron Township, in brief

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

East Cameron Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2020 Census was 623, a decrease from the figure of 748 tabulated in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 748 to 626 (-16%).

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

By decade

East Cameron Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
East Cameron Township, PA Fire Company, June 20252025East Cameron Township, PA Fire Company, June 2025View of2014View ofMahanoy Creek in East Cameron Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 22014Mahanoy Creek in East Cameron Township, Northumberlan…Mahanoy Creek in East Cameron Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 12014Mahanoy Creek in East Cameron Township, Northumberlan…
On the map

East Cameron Township on the map, 1969 to 1984

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

East Cameron Township on the 1969 USGS mapEast Cameron Township on the 1977 USGS mapEast Cameron Township on the 1984 USGS map1969Valley View sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of East Cameron Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to East Cameron Township

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

See all →
E
Eddie CostaAmerican jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist · b. 1930
Stan CoveleskiAmerican Major League Baseball pitcher during t… · b. 1889
C
Claude BeckAmerican cardiac surgeon and professor of cardi… · b. 1894
Jake DaubertMajor League Baseball first baseman · b. 1884
Edward CooperAmerican lawyer and Republican politician from … · b. 1873
Evan John JonesAmerican politician · b. 1872
Places that used to be

Old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Gowen CityHelfensteinPoint Breeze

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.

Coal TownshipIts storyB+Mount Carmel TownshipIts storyA−Upper Mahanoy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Cameron TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townButler TownshipIts storyB

Questions about East Cameron Township’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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), 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.