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History · Mahoning Township

Mahoning Township dates to 1806, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 66% of U.S. towns · #529 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 2000.

1806founded
0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Mahoning Township began

When was Mahoning Township founded?

1806

Mahoning Township dates its founding to 1806 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 2000.

First census: 3,447 in 20002020 census: 2,708220 years

How historic is Mahoning Township?

B+

More historic than 66% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1827.
History grade

What drives Mahoning Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mahoning Township is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns, #529 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mahoning Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1806, from Wikipedia: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194025.1% of homes (±7.7) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%A−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 66%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 49%

Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Mahoning Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1806.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.7 points).

Founding year: Wikipedia (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Mahoning 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 Mahoning Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19054 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1990. Watch Mahoning Township change.Lost villages5 hamlets and corners are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1806: 220 years of Mahoning Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mahoning Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Mahoning Township on the map, 1905 to 1990

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

Mahoning Township on the 1905 USGS mapMahoning Township on the 1958 USGS mapMahoning Township on the 1970 USGS mapMahoning Township on the 1990 USGS map1905Neshannock 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 Mahoning Township.

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hillsville
1827–today
Edinburg
1840–today
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EdinburgHillsvilleNorth EdinburgPeanutRobinson
Gone or out of use
Books Woods SchoolschoolHillsville StationlocaleMathews SchoolschoolMiller Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mahoning Township
AshtonHarbor ChurchHillsville United Methodist / BaptistMahoning United Presbyterian ChurchSaint Lawrence

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

The story so far

Mahoning Township, in brief

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

Mahoning Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,709 at the time of the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 3,083 tabulated in 2010. The township was originally incorporated in 1806 as part of Mercer County, and in 1849, joined the newly created Lawrence County.

Mahoning Township was established in 1806. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,083 to 2,708 (-12%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Mahoning Township in 1908

Passages that mention Mahoning Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

From the age of seven to fifteen years, Lawrence S. Randolph lived in Ohio, and then came to Lawrence County and lived on a farm in Mahoning Township until his marriage, in 1889. He engaged in teaching for some fifteen years in Lawrence County, and the greater part of this period was passed in Maho…
20th century history of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania1908 · page 697Read the page →
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From the age of seven to fifteen years, Lawrence S. Randolph lived in Ohio, and then came to Lawrence County and lived on a farm in Mahoning Township until his marriage, in 1889. He engaged in teaching for some fifteen years in Lawrence County, and the greater part of this period was passed in Mahoning Township. In

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This congregation, with their church, located about two miles northeast of Lowell, Ohio, and in Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, was organized about 1799 — certainly not later than 1800. The settlements out of which it sprung were made in the year 1893, and soon after. They were co…
20th century history of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania1908 · page 254Read the page →
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This congregation, with their church, located about two miles northeast of Lowell, Ohio, and in Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, was organized about 1799 — certainly not later than 1800. The settlements out of which it sprung were made in the year 1893, and soon after. They were composed of both

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Mahoning Township, 1806 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1806
    FoundingMahoning Township is established
  3. 1827Post officeThe Hillsville post office opens
  4. 1840Post officeThe Edinburg post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Mahoning Township, decade by decade

Today9 recent
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People over time

Mahoning Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,50020002020Peak: 3,447

Between 2,709 and 3,447 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Mahoning Township

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

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Trent ReznorAmerican musician, singer, songwriter, record p… · b. 1965
Ira D. SankeyAmerican gospel singer and composer · b. 1840
Robert SterlingAmerican actor · b. 1917
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Herbert RobbinsAmerican mathematician · b. 1915
Anthony G. BoscoCatholic bishop · b. 1927
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Betty AllenAmerican singer · b. 1927
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Neshannock TownshipIts storyC+Union TownshipIts storyB−EdinburgIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Beaver Township1 historic placeB+Pulaski TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Mahoning Township’s history

What year was Mahoning Township founded?

In 1806, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Mahoning Township’s post office opened in 1827, and the census of 2000 counted 3,447 people here.

How does Mahoning Township rank for history?

Mahoning Township is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns, #529 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Mahoning Township?

25% of Mahoning Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.7 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1971.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (9), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.