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History · Hayfield Township

Hayfield Township’s post office opened in 1850, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 51% of U.S. towns · #732 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Its Register listing is the Dr. J. R. Mosier Office. Below: maps from 1923 on and the census since 2000.

1850first post office
1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Hayfield Township began

When was Hayfield Township founded?

1850

The Hayfield Township post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Hayfield (1850), Burns (1858) and Coon Corners (1868), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 3,092 in 20002020 census: 2,775176 years

How historic is Hayfield Township?

B−

More historic than 51% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Hayfield Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Hayfield Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hayfield Township is more historic than 51% of U.S. towns, #732 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hayfield Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1850, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194013.9% of homes (±6.0) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%BNational Register1 listing, 3.6 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 51%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 29%

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 Hayfield Township’s 3.6 sits near the middle of its state (63% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.0 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Hayfield 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 Hayfield Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hayfield Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19235 editions of the USGS map, 1923 to 1990. Watch Hayfield Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Hayfield
1850–1904
Burns
1858–1861
Coon Corners
1868–1909
Norrisville
1868–1902
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Blacks CornerCoons CornersDennys CornersLittles CornersNorrisville
Gone or out of use
Denny SchoolschoolDunn SchoolschoolForman SchoolschoolStanford Schoolschool
9cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hayfield Township
BrookhouserColeDunnHickernellLittlesRogersSaegertownSaegertownSmith

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

Help out

Start Hayfield Township’s collection

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

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On the map

Hayfield Township on the map, 1923 to 1990

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

Hayfield Township on the 1923 USGS mapHayfield Township on the 1943 USGS mapHayfield Township on the 1968 USGS mapHayfield Township on the 1973 USGS mapHayfield Township on the 1990 USGS map1923Meadville 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 Hayfield Township.

The story so far

Hayfield Township, in brief

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

Hayfield Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,774 at the 2020 census, down from 2,940 at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1850. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,940 to 2,775 (-6%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Hayfield Township in 1885

Passages that mention Hayfield Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

The first saw-mill was built by Archibald Humes on Gravel Run. Soon after he added a grist-mill in the same locality; it is still in operation and owned by W. S. McGranahan & Son. James Dickson (no relative of the James Dickson who erected an early mill in Hayfield Township) built the first grist-m…
history of crawford county, pennsylvania1885 · page 699Read the page →
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The first saw-mill was built by Archibald Humes on Gravel Run. Soon after he added a grist-mill in the same locality; it is still in operation and owned by W. S. McGranahan & Son. James Dickson (no relative of the James Dickson who erected an early mill in Hayfield Township) built the first grist-mill in Woodcock. The stones were common rock and were obtained from Laurel Hill near Pittsburgh. It stood on Woodcock Creek and a gristmill is stiJl operated at the same site by Mr. Carringer. The Alden Mill at Saegertown was also built quite early, about 1801. The township is still well

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Hayfield Township, 1818 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1818Born hereDaniel Bagley is born here
  3. 1850Post officeThe Hayfield post office opens
  4. 1858Post officeThe Burns post office opens
  5. 1861Post officeThe Burns post office closes
  6. 1868Post officeThe Coon Corners post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1904Post officeThe Hayfield post office closes
  9. 1909Post officeThe Coon Corners post office closes
  10. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Hayfield Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Hayfield Twp., PA municipal building (2), June 20242024Hayfield Twp., PA municipal building (2), June 2024Hayfield Twp., PA municipal building (1), June 20242024Hayfield Twp., PA municipal building (1), June 2024Bertram Park, Hayfield Twp., PA, June 20242024Bertram Park, Hayfield Twp., PA, June 2024PA198wRoadSignCurve-NearInt792013PA198wRoadSignCurve-NearInt79PA198wRoad-PA98nsSignsStop2013PA198wRoad-PA98nsSignsStopPA198wRoad-FallingYellowLeaves2013PA198wRoad-FallingYellowLeaves
On the National Register

1 historic place in Hayfield 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
1976
Dr. J. R. Mosier Office
Dr. J. R. Mosier Office
Buildings
Dr. J. R. Mosier OfficeBuilding

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

People over time

Hayfield Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,00020002020Peak: 3,092

Between 2,774 and 3,092 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Woodcock TownshipIts storyBWest Mead TownshipIts storyB−Saegertown1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVernon TownshipIts storyCCussewago TownshipIts storyB−Venango TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hayfield Township’s history

What year was Hayfield Township founded?

The Hayfield Township post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Hayfield Township rank for history?

Hayfield Township is more historic than 51% of U.S. towns, #732 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 Hayfield Township?

One place: the Dr. J. R. Mosier Office (listed 1976).

How old are the homes in Hayfield Township?

14% of Hayfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.0 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1976.

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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.