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History · Greenwood Township

20% of Greenwood Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bridge in Greenwood Township. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1903 on, and the census since 2000.

1on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Greenwood Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Greenwood 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Greenwood Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19037 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1994. Watch Greenwood Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greenwood Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBridge in Greenwood Township: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Bower
1848–1905
Bells Landing
1883–1955
Curry Run
1888–1932
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bells LandingBowerCherry CornerCurry Run
1cemetery inside Greenwood Township
Watts

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

On the map

Greenwood Township on the map, 1903 to 1994

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

Greenwood Township on the 1903 USGS mapGreenwood Township on the 1939 USGS mapGreenwood Township on the 1942 USGS mapGreenwood Township on the 1959 USGS mapGreenwood Township on the 1971 USGS mapGreenwood Township on the 1981 USGS mapGreenwood Township on the 1994 USGS map1903Curwensville 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 Greenwood Township.

The story so far

Greenwood Township, in brief

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

Greenwood Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township has a population of 363 people, according to the 2020 United States census. Between Mahaffey and Grampian on U.S. Route 219, Greenwood Township contains the villages of Curry Run and Bells Landing. The West Branch of the Susquehanna River passes through it, along with several abandoned and presently used railroad grades.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 372 in 2010, 366 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Greenwood Township, 1848 to 1982

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1848Post officeThe Bower post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Bells Landing post office opens
  4. 1888Post officeThe Curry Run post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1905Post officeThe Bower post office closes
  8. 1932Post officeThe Curry Run post office closes
  9. 1955Post officeThe Bells Landing post office closes
  10. 1982In the archiveBridge in Greenwood Township
By decade

Greenwood Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
Bridge in Greenwood Township1982Bridge in Greenwood Township
1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today6 recent
US 219 nb in Greenwood Twp., Clearfield Co., PA (1), Aug. 20242024US 219 nb in Greenwood Twp., Clearfield Co., PA (1), …US 219 nb entering Curry Run, PA, Aug. 20242024US 219 nb entering Curry Run, PA, Aug. 2024PA 969 wb approaching US 219, Aug. 20242024PA 969 wb approaching US 219, Aug. 2024Greenwood Twp., Clearfield Co., PA municipal building, Aug. 20242024Greenwood Twp., Clearfield Co., PA municipal building…Curry Run, PA UM Church, Aug. 20242024Curry Run, PA UM Church, Aug. 2024Bells Landing, PA Baptist Church, Aug. 20242024Bells Landing, PA Baptist Church, Aug. 2024
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Bridge in Greenwood Township
Retake this viewBridge in Greenwood Township, 1982

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Greenwood Township’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Greenwood Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Bridge in Greenwood Township
Bridge in Greenwood Township
Structures
Bridge in Greenwood TownshipStructure

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Greenwood Township, census by census

010020030040020002020Peak: 424

Between 363 and 424 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Greenwood Township

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

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John Patton Jr.American politician · b. 1850
Charles Emory PattonAmerican politician from Pennsylvania · b. 1859
Donald C. BruceAmerican politician · b. 1921
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Ken JamesAustralian basketball player · b. 1945
Melvin L. BrownUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1931
Joseph S. AmmermanAmerican politician · b. 1924
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ferguson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBell Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPenn TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Greenwood Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Greenwood Township?

One place: the Bridge in Greenwood Township (listed 1988).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (7), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.