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History · Jordan Township

36% of Jordan Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Jordan Township’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jordan Township, and 7 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Jordan Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19037 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1994. Watch Jordan Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Fruit Hill
1828–1856
Ansonville
1856–1974
Berwinsdale
1882–1968
Gazzam
1886–1917
McCartney
1892–1934
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AnsonvilleBerwinsdaleBretonvilleGazzamMayesMcCartneyMorgans Land
Gone or out of use
Green Run SchoolschoolJohnston Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jordan Township
Fruit HillZion

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

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Start Jordan Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Jordan Township on the map, 1903 to 1994

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

Jordan Township on the 1903 USGS mapJordan Township on the 1939 USGS mapJordan Township on the 1942 USGS mapJordan Township on the 1959 USGS mapJordan Township on the 1971 USGS mapJordan Township on the 1981 USGS mapJordan Township on the 1994 USGS map1903Curwensville 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 Jordan Township.

The story so far

Jordan Township, in brief

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

Jordan Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 476 at the time of the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 461 to 476 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Jordan Township, 1828 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Fruit Hill post office opens
  3. 1856Post officeThe Fruit Hill post office closes
  4. 1856Post officeThe Ansonville post office opens
  5. 1882Post officeThe Berwinsdale post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1968Post officeThe Berwinsdale post office closes
  9. 1974Post officeThe Ansonville post office closes
By decade

Jordan Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Berwinsdale houses2015Berwinsdale houses
People over time

Jordan Township, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 543

Between 461 and 543 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Jordan Township

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

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John Patton Jr.American politician · b. 1850
Charles Emory PattonAmerican politician from Pennsylvania · b. 1859
Marvin L. EschAmerican politician · b. 1927
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Ken JamesAustralian basketball player · b. 1945
Melvin L. BrownUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1931
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Bud GeorgeAmerican politician · b. 1927
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ferguson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChest TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKnox TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeccaria TownshipIts storyB−Bigler TownshipIts storyB

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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), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.