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History · Forkston Township

Forkston Township’s post office opened in 1834, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Forkston Township began

When was Forkston Township founded?

1834

The Forkston Township post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Forkston (1834), Bellasylvia (1854) and Kasson Brook (1889), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 307192 years
Founding year: the first Forkston Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Forkston 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 Forkston Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Forkston Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1834: 192 years of Forkston Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forkston Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Forkston
1834–1919
Bellasylvia
1854–1908
Kasson Brook
1889–1913
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BellasylvaForkstonKasson Brook
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Forkston Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Forkston Township, 1834 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834Post officeThe Forkston post office opens
  3. 1854Post officeThe Bellasylvia post office opens
  4. 1889Post officeThe Kasson Brook post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1908Post officeThe Bellasylvia post office closes
  7. 1913Post officeThe Kasson Brook post office closes
  8. 1919Post officeThe Forkston post office closes
The story so far

Forkston Township, in brief

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

Forkston is an unincorporated community in Forkston Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Its first post office opened in 1834. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 397 to 307 (-23%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Forkston Township

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

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Benjamin F. HardingAmerican politician and lawyer · b. 1823
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Philip Van Doren SternAmerican writer and historian · b. 1900
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Charles E. DietrichAmerican politician · b. 1889
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Glenn FreyAmerican football player · b. 1912
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Joseph C. AveryAmerican politician · b. 1817
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Robyn GriggsAmerican actress · b. 1973
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Windham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Branch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNoxen Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMehoopany TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Forkston Township’s history

What year was Forkston Township founded?

The Forkston Township post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.