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History · Elkland Township

20% of Elkland Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 3 old photos and papers and maps from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Elkland Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Elkland 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 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Elkland Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Elkland Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewSt. Thomas Church - Parsonage - Elkland…: 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.

Eldredville
1825–1955
Lincoln Falls
1869–1913
Estella
1887–1910
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BethelEldredsvilleEstellaLincoln Falls
1cemetery inside Elkland Township
Greenwood

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

The story so far

Elkland Township, in brief

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

Elkland Township is a township in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 547 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 577 to 549 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Elkland Township, 1825 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1825Post officeThe Eldredville post office opens
  3. 1869Post officeThe Lincoln Falls post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Estella post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1910Post officeThe Estella post office closes
  7. 1912In the archiveSt. Thomas Church - Parsonage - Elkland, Pa
  8. 1913Post officeThe Lincoln Falls post office closes
  9. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1955Post officeThe Eldredville post office closes
By decade

Elkland Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s2 items
St. Thomas Church - Parsonage - Elkland, Pa1912St. Thomas Church - Parsonage - Elkland, PaElkland, Pa. East Main Street, St. Thomas parsonage1912Elkland, Pa. East Main Street, St. Thomas parsonage
1920s–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.
Add from your album
Date unknown1 to date
Map of Sullivan County Pennsylvania Highlighting Elkland TownshipDate?Map of Sullivan County Pennsylvania Highlighting Elkl…Map
Today1 recent
Hills in Elkland Township, PA2007Hills in Elkland Township, PA
On the map

Elkland Township on the map, 1943 to 1995

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

Elkland Township on the 1943 USGS mapElkland Township on the 1970 USGS mapElkland Township on the 1995 USGS map1943Powell 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 Elkland 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.

St. Thomas Church - Parsonage - Elkland, Pa
Retake this viewSt. Thomas Church - Parsonage - Elkland, Pa, 1912

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

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Elkland Township

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

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Johnny BentAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1908
J
Jesse SpringAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1901
G
Garland GrangePlayer of American football · b. 1906
K
Kenneth E. CasterAmerican paleontologist · b. 1908
Joseph Marshall FrancisAmerican cleric (1862–1939); bishop of Indiana … · b. 1862
S
Sadler RogersAmerican bridge engineer · b. 1831
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Forks Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFox TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHillsgrove Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Elkland 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, 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.