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History · Gilmore Township

31% of Gilmore Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Gilmore Township’s past

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

Lost villages6 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Gilmore Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Gilmore Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old burying grounds15 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Gilmore Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Jollytown
1845–1954
Pine Bank
1877–1989
Sand Rock
1886–1933
Ash Tree
1887–1912
Triumph
1894–1907
Hero
1899–1917
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AshtreeHeroJollytownPine BankSandrockTriumph
15cemeteries and burying grounds inside Gilmore Township
EakinFairviewFordyceGarrisonKennedyMeighenMorrisNegro RunOld Mount TaborPine BankPleasant Hill Methodist ChurchRennerStrawnTaylorWoodruff

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

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Gilmore Township, in brief

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

Gilmore Township is a township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 238 at the 2020 census, down from 260 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 260 to 234 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Gilmore Township, 1845 to 1989

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1845Post officeThe Jollytown post office opens
  3. 1877Post officeThe Pine Bank post office opens
  4. 1886Post officeThe Sand Rock post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1933Post officeThe Sand Rock post office closes
  7. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1954Post officeThe Jollytown post office closes
  9. 1989Post officeThe Pine Bank post office closes
By decade

Gilmore Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States (2024-12-06-04-08-20 UMBRA-09)2024Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United…Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States (2024-12-02-16-40-31 UMBRA-10)2024Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United…Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States (2024-11-26-03-03-09 UMBRA-10)2024Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United…Pine Bank United Methodist Church, Toms Run Road2014Pine Bank United Methodist Church, Toms Run RoadGreen Point - panoramio (1)2013Green Point - panoramio (1)
On the map

Gilmore Township on the map, 1949 to 1984

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

Gilmore Township on the 1949 USGS mapGilmore Township on the 1956 USGS mapGilmore Township on the 1961 USGS mapGilmore Township on the 1984 USGS map1949Clarksburg sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Gilmore Township.

People over time

Gilmore Township, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 295

Between 238 and 295 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Gilmore Township

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

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Joe ManchinAmerican politician and businessman · b. 1947
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Coleman ScottOlympic wrestler · b. 1986
Arthur I. BoremanAmerican politician · b. 1823
Sam HuffAmerican football player · b. 1934
Josh KoscheckAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1977
Bill GeorgeAmerican football player · b. 1929
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Freeport TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayne Township1 historic placeAJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), 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.