The story
Read it all →How Hovey Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Hovey Township.
Hovey Township appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
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History · Hovey Township
43% of Hovey Township’s homes were built before 1940
Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1907 on.
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
What stands out about Hovey Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hovey 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.On the map
Hovey Township on the map, 1907 to 1972
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hovey Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1907Foxburg sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hovey Township.
By decade
Hovey Township, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1850s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1850Then & 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 - Armstrong County - ED 3-29, ED 3-30, ED 3-31, ED 3-32, E…, 1850
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Hovey Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Hovey Township
Nobody well known was born in Hovey Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Bob WayAmerican baseball player · b. 1906G
George CrawfordAmerican businessman · b. 1861Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Richland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFoxburg2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPerry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAllegheny TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townParkerIts 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 (1), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.