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History · Grove Township

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

Below: maps from 1945 on.

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Grove 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 Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Grove Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Grove Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Sinnamahoning
1827–today
First Fork
1860–1938
Lorshbaugh
1902–1903
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
First ForkJerichoLushbaughWyside
Gone or out of use
First Fork SchoolschoolSinnemahoning Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grove Township
GilmoreGilmoreMiller RunSmithWyside

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

The story so far

Grove Township, in brief

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

Grove Township is a township in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 183 at the 2010 census, up from 129 in 2000.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 183 to 113 (-38%).

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

Timeline

Grove Township, 1827 to 1945

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1827Post officeThe Sinnamahoning post office opens
  3. 1860Post officeThe First Fork post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Lorshbaugh post office opens
  6. 1903Post officeThe Lorshbaugh post office closes
  7. 1938Post officeThe First Fork post office closes
  8. 1945On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Grove Township, decade by decade

Today13 recent
Wykoff Run Road sb on Sinnemahoning Bridge, Aug. 20242024Wykoff Run Road sb on Sinnemahoning Bridge, Aug. 2024Wykoff Run Road sb entering Gibson Twp., PA, Aug. 20242024Wykoff Run Road sb entering Gibson Twp., PA, Aug. 2024Wykoff Run Road Sinnemahoning Bridge from PA 120, Aug. 20242024Wykoff Run Road Sinnemahoning Bridge from PA 120, Aug…Sinnemahoning, PA fire department and post office, Aug. 20242024Sinnemahoning, PA fire department and post office, Au…Sinnemahoning, PA UM Church, Aug. 20242024Sinnemahoning, PA UM Church, Aug. 2024Railroad bridge over Sinnemahoning Creek, Sinnemahoning, PA, Aug. 20242024Railroad bridge over Sinnemahoning Creek, Sinnemahoni…PA 120 eb entering Grove Twp., Aug. 20242024PA 120 eb entering Grove Twp., Aug. 2024Grove Twp., PA municipal building, Aug. 20242024Grove Twp., PA municipal building, Aug. 20242022-06-13 10 17 39 View south along Pennsylvania State Route 872 (First Fork Road) at Swank Road in Grove Township, Ca…20222022-06-13 10 17 39 View south along Pennsylvania Sta…2022-06-13 10 08 14 View west along Pennsylvania State Route 120 (Main Street) at Pennsylvania State Route 872 (First F…20222022-06-13 10 08 14 View west along Pennsylvania Stat…Pennsylvania State Route 1202013Pennsylvania State Route 120Pennsylvania State Route 1202013Pennsylvania State Route 120Sinnemahoning State Park Outlook2008Sinnemahoning State Park Outlook
On the map

Grove Township on the map, 1945 to 1971

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

Grove Township on the 1945 USGS mapGrove Township on the 1971 USGS map1945First Fork sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Grove Township

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

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Joseph T. McNarneyUnited States Army general · b. 1893
John RoachAmerican baseball player · b. 1867
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Lee GambleAmerican baseball player · b. 1910
Mike RoachAmerican baseball player · b. 1869
Bill FrielAmerican baseball player · b. 1876
Garrett CochranAmerican football player · b. 1876
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lumber TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGibson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWharton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Keating Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Keating 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 (13), 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.