Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Lincoln Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Lovely, PA (2), Aug. 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
–Not graded
History · Lincoln Township

19% of Lincoln Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1908 on.

0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
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

What stands out about Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19084 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1981. Watch Lincoln Township change.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Lincoln Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Lincoln Township on the map, 1908 to 1981

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

Lincoln Township on the 1908 USGS mapLincoln Township on the 1910 USGS mapLincoln Township on the 1971 USGS mapLincoln Township on the 1981 USGS map1908Bedford 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 Lincoln Township.

The story so far

Lincoln Township, in brief

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

Lincoln Township is a township that is located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 389 at the time of the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 425 to 390 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Lincoln Township, 1887 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Lovely post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1909Post officeThe Lovely post office closes
By decade

Lincoln Township, decade by decade

Today9 recent
PA 869 eb in Lincoln Twp., Bedford Co., PA, Aug. 20242024PA 869 eb in Lincoln Twp., Bedford Co., PA, Aug. 2024PA 869 eb at PA 96, Aug. 20242024PA 869 eb at PA 96, Aug. 2024PA 869 eb approaching PA 96, Aug. 20242024PA 869 eb approaching PA 96, Aug. 2024Mt. Union UM Church, Lincoln Twp., Bedford Co., PA, Aug. 20242024Mt. Union UM Church, Lincoln Twp., Bedford Co., PA, A…Lovely, PA (2), Aug. 20242024Lovely, PA (2), Aug. 2024Lovely, PA (1), Aug. 20242024Lovely, PA (1), Aug. 2024Lovely Road nb entering Lincoln Twp., Bedford Co., PA, Aug. 20242024Lovely Road nb entering Lincoln Twp., Bedford Co., PA…Lincoln Twp., Bedford Co., PA election house, Aug. 20242024Lincoln Twp., Bedford Co., PA election house, Aug. 20…Hillside farmland in Lincoln Twp., Bedford Co., PA, Aug. 20242024Hillside farmland in Lincoln Twp., Bedford Co., PA, A…
Famous people

Famous people close to Lincoln Township

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

See all →
Ronald MallettAmerican theoretical physicist · b. 1945
Ashley MillerAmerican screenwriter and producer · b. 1971
B
Bob O'ConnorAmerican mayor · b. 1944
J
Jerry SternAmerican politician · b. 1955
F
Frank KostroAmerican baseball player · b. 1937
G
Gerald SnyderAmerican football player · b. 1905
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lovely
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lincoln Township
McDonald FarmMount Union

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

King TownshipIts storyC+Pavia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest St. Clair Township3 historic placesA−Kimmel TownshipIts storyB−Adams Township2 historic placesAOgle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lincoln Township’s history

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 (9), 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.