The story
Read it all →How Green Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Green Township.
The Commodore Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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History · Green Township
30% of Green Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 98% of U.S. towns · #78 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 94 buildings. Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 1850.
1on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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About Green Township’s history
How historic is Green Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 98% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Green Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Green Township is more historic than 98% of U.S. towns, #78 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Green Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraThe records don’t settle when Green Township was founded, so age is left out of this grade–Homes built before 194029.7% of homes (±9.9) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%A−National Register1 listing, 94 historic buildings, 276 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 98%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 93%
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Green Township’s 276 sits above most of its state (92% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 94 historic buildings outnumber those of 89% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±9.9 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Green Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost villages12 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Green Township, and 20 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Green Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Commodore Historic District takes in 94 historic buildings.On the map since 19025 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1993. Watch Green Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
12 other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Cookport
Utah
Minta
Purchase Line
Dixonville
Pine Flats
Spruce
Beringer
Grisemore
Martintown
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Barr SlopeBencetownCommodoreCookportCush Cushion CrossingDixonvilleFleming SummitGrisemoreIdamarLearn SettlementLovejoyMartintownPine FlatsPurchase LineSeamentownSpruceStarfordTaylorsvilleUniontownWandin Junction
Gone or out of use
Standford Post Officepost office
12cemeteries and burying grounds inside Green Township
BethesdaChurch of the ResurrectionCookportCookport LutheranDixonville Wesleyan Methodist ChurchEast Union PresbyterianMcDowellNeboPine FlatsSaint ElizabethsSalem MethodistUniontown
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Green Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the National Register
1 listing protects 94 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
94
each building in a district counts
first listed
1994
Commodore Historic District
Districts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Timeline
Green Township, 1858 to 1940
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1858Post officeThe Cookport post office opens
- 1859Post officeThe Utah post office opens
- 1862Post officeThe Minta post office opens
- 1873Post officeThe Minta post office closes
- 20th century
- 1902
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1907Post officeThe Utah post office closes
- 1917Post officeThe Cookport post office closes
- 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 5,284
By decade
Green Township, decade by decade
Today8 recent
2025Pine Flats sign
2025Pine Flats WWII veterans
2025Pine Flats Church of God
20222022-06-04 14 15 35 View east along Pennsylvania Stat…
20222022-06-04 14 14 46 View north along Pennsylvania Sta…
20222022-06-04 14 04 04 View east along Pennsylvania Stat…
2015Herriman east of Blueberry in Commodore
2008Map of Indiana County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Gree…MapOn the map
Green Township on the map, 1902 to 1993
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Green Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902Barnesboro sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Green Township.
People over time
Green Township, census by census
Peaked at 5,284 in 1940; 3,457 people lived here in 2020.
18 censuses, 1850–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Green Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Green Township
Nobody well known was born in Green Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Rembert WeaklandAmerican archbishop · b. 1927
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Fern MichaelsAmerican writer · b. 1933
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Pine TownshipIts storyBCherryhill Township1 historic placeA−Montgomery TownshipIts storyB−Grant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCherry TreeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRayne Township2 historic placesB−AlverdaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDixonvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSusquehanna TownshipIts storyB
Questions about Green Township’s history
How does Green Township rank for history?
Green Township is more historic than 98% of U.S. towns, #78 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Green Township?
One place: the Commodore Historic District (listed 1994).
How old are the homes in Green Township?
30% of Green Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.9 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1963.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (8), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.