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History · Harmony Township

Harmony Township dates to 1789, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1932 on.

1789founded
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Harmony Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Harmony Township began

When was Harmony Township founded?

1789

Harmony Township dates its founding to 1789 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1869.

2020 census: 508237 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1869.The full story ↓

What stands out about Harmony Township’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Harmony Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsEstablished in 1789: 237 years of Harmony Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Harmony Centre
1869–1875
Brandt
1875–1932
Melrose
1876–1887
Stevens Point
1884–1934
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BrandtJefferson JunctionMelroseStevens Point
Gone or out of use
Melrose Churchchurch

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

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Start Harmony Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Descri…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Harmony Township, 1789 to 1932

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1789
    FoundingHarmony Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1804Born hereEmma Smith is born here
  5. 1850In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - ED 58…
  6. 1869Post officeThe Harmony Centre post office opens
  7. 1875Post officeThe Harmony Centre post office closes
  8. 1875Post officeThe Brandt post office opens
  9. 1876Post officeThe Melrose post office opens
  10. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Harmony - ED …
  11. 1887Post officeThe Melrose post office closes
  12. 20th century
  13. 1932Post officeThe Brandt post office closes
  14. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Harmony Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Harmony Township.

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The area was first settled in 1789 when a road was built to connect Stockport on the Delaware River to the Susquehanna River at Cascade Creek.

Harmony Township was formed in 1809 from parts of Willingborough (now Great Bend Twp) and New Milford Townships. The present-day Ararat, Oakland, Jackson, and Thompson Townships were later split from parts of Harmony Township. The borough of Susquehanna Depot was created in 1853 from part of Harmony Township.

ChaptersJoseph Smith and Mormonism

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Harmony Township, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1850s to the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1850s–1880s2 items
1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - ED 58-20, ED 58-21, ED 58-22, ED 58…18501940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Penns…1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Harmony - ED 58-2318801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania …
1890s–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
Today2 recent
Former Bethel Hill Church, Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, PA, April 20252025Former Bethel Hill Church, Harmony Township, Susqueha…Comfort Lake, Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, PA, April 20252025Comfort Lake, Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, P…
On the map

Harmony Township on the map, 1932 to 1994

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

Harmony Township on the 1932 USGS mapHarmony Township on the 1968 USGS mapHarmony Township on the 1978 USGS mapHarmony Township on the 1994 USGS map1932Susquehanna 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 Harmony Township.

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.

1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - ED 58-20, ED 58-21, ED 58-22, ED 58…
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - ED 58-20, ED 58-21, ED 58-22, ED 58…, 1850

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

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Oakland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLanesboro1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScott TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Harmony Township’s history

What year was Harmony Township founded?

In 1789, according to Wikidata. Harmony Township’s post office opened in 1869.

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.