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History · Green Township

Half of Green Township’s homes were built after 1973

Most of Green Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Green Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Green Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.Boom and bustPeaked at 522 in 2010; 371 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19224 editions of the USGS map, 1922 to 1973. Watch Green Township change.
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Nebraska
1855–1940
Guitonville
1883–1892
Golinza
1888–1906
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GolinzaGuitonvilleKiser CornersNebraska
Gone or out of use
Armitage Newmansville AirportairportFlynn SchoolschoolKizer SchoolschoolMount Pleasant ChurchchurchYoung Hill Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Green Township
GuitenvilleMount Zion Lutheran

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

People over time

Green Township, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 522

Peaked at 522 in 2010; 371 people lived here in 2020.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

The story so far

Green Township, in brief

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

Green Township is a township in Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 371 at the 2020 census, down from 522 in 2010, which was, in turn, an increase from 397 in 2000.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 522 to 376 (-28%).

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

Timeline

Green Township, 1855 to 2010

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Nebraska post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Guitonville post office opens
  4. 1888Post officeThe Golinza post office opens
  5. 1892Post officeThe Guitonville post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1906Post officeThe Golinza post office closes
  8. 1922On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1940Post officeThe Nebraska post office closes
  10. 21st century
  11. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 522
By decade

Green Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
2022-06-13 14 47 30 View south along Pennsylvania State Route 36 (Colonel Drake Highway) at Sage Road in Green Township…20222022-06-13 14 47 30 View south along Pennsylvania Sta…Pennsylvania State Route 362014Pennsylvania State Route 36
On the map

Green Township on the map, 1922 to 1973

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

Green Township on the 1922 USGS mapGreen Township on the 1946 USGS mapGreen Township on the 1967 USGS mapGreen Township on the 1973 USGS map1922Tionesta 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 Green Township.

Famous people

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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Frank J. MarionAmerican film executive · b. 1869
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Jim LynchAmerican politician · b. 1946
Orizoba SpenceAmerican soldier · b. 1847
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Gene HostAmerican baseball player · b. 1933
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Warren H. WilsonAmerican sociologist and religious leader · b. 1867
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Arthur CarsonAmerican missionary and educator · b. 1895
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Kingsley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTionesta TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFarmington Township1 historic placeB+Hickory Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storyB−Jenks TownshipIts storyC

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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 (2), 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.