On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lamar Township is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns, #937 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lamar Township’s overall grade.
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 Lamar Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.3 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Lamar Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Salona
1836–1965
Cedar Springs
1852–1918
Mackeyville
1877–today
Rote
1880–1906
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cedar SpringsMackeyvilleRoteSalona
Gone or out of use
Salona Quarrymine
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lamar Township
Cedar HillDisciplesEast End AmishMackeyvilleMethodist EpiscopalSnyder
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Lamar Township on the map, 1921 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lamar Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1921Lock Haven 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 Lamar Township.
The story so far
Lamar Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lamar Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Lamar is a census-designated place in Porter Township in southern Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 562. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 64 in southern Clinton County and is bordered on the west by Nittany in Walker Township, Centre County. PA 64 leads northeast 1 mile (2 km) to Exit 173 on Interstate 80 and 11 miles (18 km) to Lock Haven, the Clinton County seat, and southwest through Nittany 23 miles (37 km) to State College. The community is named for Revolutionary War Major Marien Lamar, who was killed in the Battle of Paoli, as stated in the "History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania" by John Blair Linn. M…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,517 to 2,623 (+4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Lamar Township, 1836 to 1965
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Lamar Township is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns, #937 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.
How old are the homes in Lamar Township?
12% of Lamar Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.3 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1979.
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 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.
