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History · Limestone Township

Limestone Township dates to 1790, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1935 on and the census since 2000.

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Quick answers

How Limestone Township began

When was Limestone Township founded?

1790

Limestone Township dates its founding to 1790 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 2000.

First census: 1,004 in 20002020 census: 1,004236 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1852.

What stands out about Limestone 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 Limestone Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Limestone Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1790: 236 years of Limestone Township.
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Start Limestone Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Limestoneville
1852–1907
Ottawa
1890–1935
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CaliforniaLimestonevilleOttawa
1cemetery inside Limestone Township
Beaver Run Mennonite

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

Timeline

Limestone Township, 1790 to 1935

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1790
    FoundingLimestone Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1852Post officeThe Limestoneville post office opens
  5. 1890Post officeThe Ottawa post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1907Post officeThe Limestoneville post office closes
  8. 1935Post officeThe Ottawa post office closes
  9. 1935On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Limestone Township, in brief

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

Limestone Township is a township in Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States. Within it lays the small community of Limestoneville. Its name stems from the ample supplies of Limestone quarried at multiple locations in the area.

Limestone Township was established in 1790. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,066 to 1,004 (-6%).

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

By decade

Limestone Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Scenery of Limestone Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania 22015Scenery of Limestone Township, Montour County, Pennsy…Scenery of Limestone Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania 12015Scenery of Limestone Township, Montour County, Pennsy…
On the map

Limestone Township on the map, 1935 to 1977

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

Limestone Township on the 1935 USGS mapLimestone Township on the 1953 USGS mapLimestone Township on the 1969 USGS mapLimestone Township on the 1977 USGS map1935Hughesville 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 Limestone Township.

People over time

Limestone Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 1,066

Between 1,002 and 1,066 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Limestone Township

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

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James Curtis HepburnAmerican physician, educator, and phonologist o… · b. 1815
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Amos Arthur HellerAmerican botanist · b. 1867
James PollockAmerican politician · b. 1810
Peter MarkleFilm director, television director, screenwriter · b. 1952
Fay KelloggAmerican architect · b. 1871
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Henry LawrenceAmerican football player · b. 1951
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Liberty Township3 historic placesA−Anthony TownshipIts storyBLewis Township1 historic placeA−Turbot TownshipIts storyBDerry TownshipIts storyA−

Questions about Limestone Township’s history

What year was Limestone Township founded?

In 1790, according to Wikidata. Limestone Township’s post office opened in 1852, and the census of 2000 counted 1,004 people here.

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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.