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Hieland Furnace, Highland Township, Pa.Photo: S.MacMillen · Public domain
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History · Highland Township

Half of Highland Township’s homes were built after 1981

Most of Highland Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1922 on.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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Photo: S.MacMillen · Public domain

What stands out about Highland 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 Highland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Highland Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19224 editions of the USGS map, 1922 to 1973. Watch Highland Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Highland 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.
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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.

Helen Furnace
1851–1957
Miola
1884–1965
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Helen FurnaceMiola
Gone or out of use
Highland Township High SchoolschoolSchmader Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Highland Township
Helen FurnaceMiola

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

On the map

Highland Township on the map, 1922 to 1973

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

Highland Township on the 1922 USGS mapHighland Township on the 1946 USGS mapHighland Township on the 1967 USGS mapHighland Township on the 1973 USGS map1922Tionesta 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 Highland Township.

The story so far

Highland Township, in brief

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

Highland Township is a township which is located in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 533 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase from the figure of 525 tabulated in 2010, which was, in turn, a decline from the total of 633 residents at the time of the 2000 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 525 in 2010, 534 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Highland Township, 1851 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Helen Furnace post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Miola post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1922On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1957Post officeThe Helen Furnace post office closes
  7. 1965Post officeThe Miola post office closes
By decade

Highland Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Highland Township, PA, USA2016Highland Township, PA, USAHighland Township shoreline on the Clarion2014Highland Township shoreline on the ClarionHieland 22013Hieland 2Hieland 12013Hieland 1Hieland Furnace, Highland Township, Pa2011Hieland Furnace, Highland Township, PaHieland Cows near Hieland Furnace, Highland Township, Pa. Area residents (and cows) are descendents from the Isle of Sk…2011Hieland Cows near Hieland Furnace, Highland Township,…
Famous people

Famous people close to Highland Township

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

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Chris KirkpatrickAmerican singer and dancer · b. 1971
Ernest M. SkinnerAmerican organ builder · b. 1866
Summers Melville JackAmerican politician · b. 1852
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George W. AlexanderAmerican politician · b. 1904
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Gene HostAmerican baseball player · b. 1933
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Paint TownshipIts storyC−Millcreek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClarion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClarion2 historic placesAFarmington Township1 historic placeB+Knox TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Highland Township’s history

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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 (6), 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.