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History · Eldred Township

15% of Eldred Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1968 on, and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Eldred Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Eldred 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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eldred Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Eldred Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewChrisman House: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Eagle
1837–1902
Star
1858–1875
Grand Valley
1875–today
Sanford
1882–1902
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Eldred CenterFiddlergreenGrand ValleySanfordStarr
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eldred Township
East BranchLoomisMaultbyTrimm

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

The story so far

Eldred Township, in brief

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

Eldred Township is a township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 587 at the 2020 census. Down from 650 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 650 to 584 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Eldred Township, 1837 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837Post officeThe Eagle post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Star post office opens
  4. 1875Post officeThe Star post office closes
  5. 1875Post officeThe Grand Valley post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Eagle post office closes
  8. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Eldred Township, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
Chrisman HouseDate?Chrisman HouseWestern New York & Pennsylvania Railway, Bridge No. 30, Spanning Allegheny River, north of State Route 446 BridgeDate?Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway, Bridge No. 3…
Today2 recent
Pennsylvania State Route 272012Pennsylvania State Route 27Pennsylvania State Route 272012Pennsylvania State Route 27
On the map

Eldred Township on the map, 1968 to 1973

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

Eldred Township on the 1968 USGS mapEldred Township on the 1973 USGS map1968Grand Valley 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 Eldred Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Chrisman House
Retake this viewChrisman House

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Eldred Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Eldred Township, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 790

Between 587 and 790 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Eldred Township

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

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Jeannie SeelyAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1940
Julien BryanAmerican photojournalist · b. 1899
John E. PetersonAmerican politician · b. 1938
Michael C. KerrAmerican politician · b. 1827
Paul S. L. JohnsonAmerican clergyman · b. 1873
Guy HeckerAmerican pitcher in Major League Baseball · b. 1856
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Southwest TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeerfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Eldred Township’s history

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 (2), the Library of Congress (2), 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.