The story
Read it all →How Herrick Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Herrick Township.
Herrick Township was formed from parts of Gibson and Clifford Townships on April 20, 1825.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Herrick Township
Half of Herrick Township’s homes were built after 1983
Most of Herrick Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1948 on.
0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
What stands out about Herrick Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Herrick Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Herrick Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Tirzah, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Herrick Centre
Tirzah
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Herrick CenterHerrick CornerTirzah
1cemetery inside Herrick Township
Lyon Street
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Herrick Township, 1850 to 1948
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1850
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - ED 58… - 1852Post officeThe Herrick Centre post office opens
- 1880
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Herrick - ED … - 1887Post officeThe Tirzah post office opens
- 20th century
- 1909Post officeThe Tirzah post office closes
- 1948
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Herrick 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
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 albumToday2 recent
2009
2008On the map
Herrick Township on the map, 1948 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Herrick Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1948Clifford sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Herrick 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.
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 Herrick Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Herrick Township
Nobody well known was born in Herrick Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Joseph BamberaCatholic bishop · b. 1956
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Herrick Township’s history
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 (4), Wikipedia, 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.