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History · Forks Township

22% of Forks Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 22 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1969 on.

1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Forks 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.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Forks Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.A historic districtThe Worlds End State Park Family Cabin District takes in 22 historic buildings.
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Start Forks Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forks 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 photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Millview
1850–1904
Campbellville
1851–1920
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CampbellvilleCanyon VistaMillview
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Forks Township
East Forks UnionMillview

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

On the National Register

1 listing protects 22 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
22
each building in a district counts
first listed
1987
Worlds End State Park Family Cabin District
Worlds End State Park Family Cabin District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Rustic1
Worlds End State Park Family Cabin DistrictRustic

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

The story

How Forks Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Forks Township.

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The Worlds End State Park Family Cabin District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Forks Township, 1850 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Millview post office opens
  3. 1851Post officeThe Campbellville post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Millview post office closes
  6. 1920Post officeThe Campbellville post office closes
  7. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Forks Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Map of Sullivan County Pennsylvania Highlighting Forks TownshipDate?Map of Sullivan County Pennsylvania Highlighting Fork…Map
Today2 recent
Pennsylvania State Route 872009Pennsylvania State Route 87Worlds End State Park Picnic 12008Worlds End State Park Picnic 1
On the map

Forks Township on the map, 1969 to 1993

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

Forks Township on the 1969 USGS mapForks Township on the 1993 USGS map1969Eagles Mere 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 Forks Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Forks Township

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

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J
Johnny BentAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1908
Ada BittenbenderAmerican lawyer, feminist activist · b. 1848
J
John LaporteAmerican politician · b. 1798
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
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Elkland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLaporte TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShrewsbury TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForksville1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCherry TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Forks Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Forks Township?

One place: the Worlds End State Park Family Cabin District (listed 1987).

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 (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.