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History · Elk Township

25% of Elk Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1947 on, and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Elk 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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Elk Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elk 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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The story so far

Elk Township, in brief

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

Elk Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 45 at the 2020 census, and 49 at the 2010 census. There were five children under the age of 19 years.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 49 to 48 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Elk Township, 1880 to 1947

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Tioga County - Elk - ED 59-13, ED …
  3. 1880Post officeThe Leetonia post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1922Post officeThe Leetonia post office closes
  6. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Elk Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Tioga County - Elk - ED 59-13, ED 59-1418801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania …
1890s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
Leetonia skyline2012Leetonia skyline
On the map

Elk Township on the map, 1947 to 1971

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

Elk Township on the 1947 USGS mapElk Township on the 1950 USGS mapElk Township on the 1971 USGS map1947Marshlands 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 Elk 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.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Tioga County - Elk - ED 59-13, ED 59-14
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Tioga County - Elk - ED 59-13, ED 59-14, 1880

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People over time

Elk Township, census by census

020002020Peak: 51

Between 45 and 51 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Leetonia
1cemetery inside Elk Township
Maynard

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.

Delmar TownshipIts storyB+Brown Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGaines TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorris Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Elk Township’s history

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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), 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.