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History · Genesee Township

Genesee Township’s post office opened in 1892, and 45% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1932 on.

1892first post office
0on the National Register
45%homes built before 1940
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How Genesee Township began

When was Genesee Township founded?

1892

The Genesee Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Genesee Fort (1832), Ellisburg (1845) and Genesee Fork (1849), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 726134 years
Founding year: the first Genesee Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Genesee Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Genesee Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Genesee Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Genesee Township’s homes were built before 1958.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Genesee Fort
1832–1842
Ellisburg
1845–1960
Genesee Fork
1849–1892
Genesee
1892–today
Hickox
1893–1909
Kinney
1896–1910
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EllisburgGeneseeHarmontownHickoxKinney

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

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Start Genesee Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Genesee Township, in brief

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

Genesee is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Genesee Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 799 to 726 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Genesee Township, 1832 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1832Post officeThe Genesee Fort post office opens
  3. 1842Post officeThe Genesee Fort post office closes
  4. 1845Post officeThe Ellisburg post office opens
  5. 1849Post officeThe Genesee Fork post office opens
  6. 1892Post officeThe Genesee Fork post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1960Post officeThe Ellisburg post office closes
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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On the map

Genesee Township on the map, 1932 to 1969

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

Genesee Township on the 1932 USGS mapGenesee Township on the 1969 USGS map1932Genesee 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 Genesee Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Genesee Township

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

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Riki LindhomeAmerican actress · b. 1979
Adam McMullenAmerican politician · b. 1872
Charles Monroe SheldonAmerican writer · b. 1857
Jason DunhamUnited States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recip… · b. 1981
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Kathryn WoolardAmerican linguistic anthropologist · b. 1950
Fielder JonesAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1871
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Oswayo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBingham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAllegany TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Genesee Township’s history

What year was Genesee Township founded?

The Genesee Township post office opened in 1892, 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 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.