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History · Lathrop Township

Lathrop Township’s post office opened in 1848, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1947 on.

1848first post office
0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Quick answers

How Lathrop Township began

When was Lathrop Township founded?

1848

The Lathrop Township post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lathrop (1848), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 766178 years
Founding year: the first Lathrop Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lathrop 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Lathrop Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1848: 178 years of Lathrop Township.
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Start Lathrop Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps -…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Lathrop, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
DeckertownHillsdalePine Grove
1cemetery inside Lathrop Township
Deckertown

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

Timeline

Lathrop Township, 1848 to 1947

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1848Post officeThe Lathrop post office opens
  3. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Lathrop - ED …
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Lathrop post office closes
  6. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Lathrop Township, in brief

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

Lathrop Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 771 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1848. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 841 to 766 (-9%).

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

By decade

Lathrop Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Lathrop - ED 58-2918801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania …
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.
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Today5 recent
Union Grange, Lathrop Township, PA, April 20252025Union Grange, Lathrop Township, PA, April 2025Lathrop Township, PA Municipal Building, April 20252025Lathrop Township, PA Municipal Building, April 2025Lakeside Pond, Lathrop Township, PA (2), April 20252025Lakeside Pond, Lathrop Township, PA (2), April 2025Lakeside Pond, Lathrop Township, PA (1), April 20252025Lakeside Pond, Lathrop Township, PA (1), April 2025Farm in Lathrop Township, PA from SR 2009, April 20252025Farm in Lathrop Township, PA from SR 2009, April 2025
On the map

Lathrop Township on the map, 1947 to 1994

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

Lathrop Township on the 1947 USGS mapLathrop Township on the 1969 USGS mapLathrop Township on the 1994 USGS map1947Hopbottom sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lathrop 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.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Lathrop - ED 58-29
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Lathrop - ED 58-29, 1880

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Lathrop Township’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Lathrop Township

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

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Christy MathewsonAmerican Major League baseball player, manager · b. 1880
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Timmy MayerAmerican racing driver · b. 1938
Jim SaxtonUnited States Congressman from New Jersey · b. 1943
Don SherwoodAmerican politician · b. 1941
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Bob O'ConnorAmerican mayor · b. 1944
William Wallace McCredieAmerican politician · b. 1862
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lenox TownshipIts storyBHop BottomIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNicholson Township1 historic placeBBrooklyn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpringville TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Lathrop Township’s history

What year was Lathrop Township founded?

The Lathrop Township post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (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.