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History · Licking Township

25% of Licking Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Buchanan Furnace. Below: maps from 1907 on.

1on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Licking 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 writtenNo old photos of Licking Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1972. Watch Licking Township change.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Licking Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Licking Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Licking Township on the map, 1907 to 1972

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

Licking Township on the 1907 USGS mapLicking Township on the 1963 USGS mapLicking Township on the 1972 USGS map1907Foxburg 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 Licking Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
EastonStovers MillTurnip Hole
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Licking Township
CallensburgMount Zion Lutheran Church

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

The story so far

Licking Township, in brief

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

Licking Township is a township that is located in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 573 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase from the figure of 536 tabulated in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 536 to 577 (+8%).

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

Timeline

Licking Township, 1889 to 1911

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Turnip Hole post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1911Post officeThe Turnip Hole post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Licking Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1991
Buchanan Furnace
Buchanan Furnace
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Iron Furnace1
Buchanan FurnaceIron Furnace

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Licking Township

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

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Chris KirkpatrickAmerican singer and dancer · b. 1971
Jane WolfeAmerican silent film character actress and Thel… · b. 1875
Ernest M. SkinnerAmerican organ builder · b. 1866
Robert Burns WilsonPainter and poet · b. 1850
Willis James HulingsAmerican politician · b. 1850
Claude RitcheyMajor League Baseball second baseman · b. 1873
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Perry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeaver TownshipIts storyBToby TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPiney TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Licking Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Licking Township?

One place: the Buchanan Furnace (listed 1991).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.