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Hickory Grange, Rileyville, PA, July 2024Photo: 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
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History · Lebanon Township

14% of Lebanon Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 12 old photos and papers and maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
12old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Lebanon Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Lebanon Township’s past

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

On the map since 18924 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1994. Watch Lebanon Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lebanon Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.A town in old photos12 old photos, postcards and papers, 1828–1905.
★ What stands out · On the map

Lebanon Township on the map, 1892 to 1994

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

Lebanon Township on the 1892 USGS mapLebanon Township on the 1946 USGS mapLebanon Township on the 1969 USGS mapLebanon Township on the 1994 USGS map1892Honesdale 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 Lebanon Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Rileyville
1832–1909
Coldspring
1858–1934
Girdland
1876–1918
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cold SpringGirdlandRileyville
1cemetery inside Lebanon Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

By decade

Lebanon Township, decade by decade

4 decades in the archive, from the 1820s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1820s2 items
Warrantee landholdings in the townships of Wayne County, Pa., ca. 1828-18351828Warrantee landholdings in the townships of Wayne Coun…DocumentWarrantee landholdings in the townships of Wayne County, Pa., ca. 1828-18351828Warrantee landholdings in the townships of Wayne Coun…Document
1880s–1900s10 items
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wayne County - Lebanon - ED 64-2018801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania …Five points - 7th and Lehman Streets1880Five points - 7th and Lehman StreetsCovered bridge and people with horses and carriage1890Covered bridge and people with horses and carriageInterior view of the Palace of Sweets1900Interior view of the Palace of SweetsLebanon High School1905Lebanon High SchoolCourt House1905Court HouseEagle Hotel1905Eagle HotelHigh School1905High SchoolCumberland Street1905Cumberland StreetSoldiers Monument1905Soldiers Monument
1910s–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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The story so far

Lebanon Township, in brief

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

Lebanon is a second-class township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 684 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 684 in 2010, 678 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Lebanon Township, 1758 to 1934

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1758Born hereJohn Gloninger is born here
  3. 19th century
  4. 1828In the archiveWarrantee landholdings in the townships of Wayne County, Pa., ca. 1828-1835
  5. 1832Post officeThe Rileyville post office opens
  6. 1858Post officeThe Coldspring post office opens
  7. 1876Post officeThe Girdland post office opens
  8. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wayne County - Lebanon - ED 64-20
  9. 1890In the archiveCovered bridge and people with horses and carriage
  10. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 20th century
  12. 1900In the archiveInterior view of the Palace of Sweets
  13. 1909Post officeThe Rileyville post office closes
  14. 1918Post officeThe Girdland post office closes
  15. 1934Post officeThe Coldspring post office closes
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 - Wayne County - Lebanon - ED 64-20
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wayne County - Lebanon - ED 64-20, 1880

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

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Finish Lebanon Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Damascus Township3 historic placesAOregon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMount Pleasant TownshipIts storyBManchester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lebanon Township’s history

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 (3), the Library of Congress (9), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.