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History · East Keating Township

1 of East Keating Township’s places is on the National Register

Most of East Keating Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1946 on and the census since 1980.

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What stands out about East Keating 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 Keating Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Keating Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

East Keating Township, in brief

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

East Keating Township was a township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania until January 1, 2025, when it was absorbed into Noyes Township. The population was 9 at the 2020 census, the second smallest municipality in terms of population in Pennsylvania behind Centralia.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 11 to 7 (-36%).

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

Timeline

East Keating Township, 1855 to 1946

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Keating post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1922Post officeThe Keating post office closes
  5. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

East Keating Township on the map, 1946 to 1971

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

East Keating Township on the 1946 USGS mapEast Keating Township on the 1971 USGS map1946Keating 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 Keating Township.

On the National Register

1 listing protects 51 historic buildings

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

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

People over time

East Keating Township, census by census

0198020002020Peak: 33

Between 9 and 33 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
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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.

Burnside TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNoyes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Keating TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeech Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLeidy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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, 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.