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History · McIntyre Township

McIntyre Township’s post office opened in 1872, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on and old-book passages.

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How McIntyre Township began

When was McIntyre Township founded?

1872

The McIntyre Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, McIntyre (1872), Langdon (1878) and Marsh Hill (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 461154 years
Founding year: the first McIntyre Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about McIntyre 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 McIntyre Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s McIntyre Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of McIntyre Township’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McIntyre Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Ralston
1839–today
McIntyre
1872–1884
Langdon
1878–1914
Marsh Hill
1884–1947
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
LangdonMarsh HillRalston
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside McIntyre Township
ApkerMcIntyreRalston

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

The story

How McIntyre Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of McIntyre Township.

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McIntyre Township was formed from territory taken from Lewis Township in 1848. It is named for Archibald McIntyre, one of the founders of the Williamsport and Elmira Railroad.

The first pioneers arrived in the McIntyre Township area in 1794 near what is now the village of Ralston. John Smithkontz cleared a parcel of land along Lycoming Creek near the mouth of Pleasant Stream on 1805.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about McIntyre Township in 1929

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

McIntyre Township.—In 1848 a large slice was cut from Lewis Township and that of McIntyre established. It was named for Samuel McIntyre, of Philadelphia, who was one of the original incorporators of the Williamsport and Elmira railroad. It is the second largest in the county and contains 46,260 acr…
History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania1929 · page 216Read the page →
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McIntyre Township.—In 1848 a large slice was cut from Lewis Township and that of McIntyre established. It was named for Samuel McIntyre, of Philadelphia, who was one of the original incorporators of the Williamsport and Elmira railroad. It is the second largest in the county and contains 46,260 acres. Tioga County adjoins it on the north. It ieee mountainous region and although there is some farming land on the plateaus the soil is thin. Its early history is that of

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

Timeline

McIntyre Township, 1839 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Ralston post office opens
  3. 1872Post officeThe McIntyre post office opens
  4. 1878Post officeThe Langdon post office opens
  5. 1884Post officeThe McIntyre post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1914Post officeThe Langdon post office closes
  8. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

McIntyre Township on the map, 1969 to 1986

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

McIntyre Township on the 1969 USGS mapMcIntyre Township on the 1977 USGS mapMcIntyre Township on the 1986 USGS map1969Ralston sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of McIntyre Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to McIntyre Township

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

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Tom M. MitchellComputer scientist · b. 1951
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Jesse SpringAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1901
Red MurrayAmerican baseball player · b. 1884
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Abe KrugerAmerican baseball player · b. 1885
Carl LindquistMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1919
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S. W. HarringtonAmerican football player and coach · b. 1889
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cascade TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLewis Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcNett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about McIntyre Township’s history

What year was McIntyre Township founded?

The McIntyre Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.