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History · Middletown Township

22% of Middletown Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers and maps from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Middletown Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Middletown 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 writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Middletown Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Middletown Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo3 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps -…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Middletown Centre
1853–1908
Prattville
1883–1894
Flynn
1890–1915
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Middletown CenterPrattville
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Middletown Township
Saint JohnsSteadwell

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

The story so far

Middletown Township, in brief

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

Middletown Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 283 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 382 to 284 (-26%).

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

Timeline

Middletown Township, 1853 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1853Post officeThe Middletown Centre post office opens
  3. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Middletown - …
  4. 1883Post officeThe Prattville post office opens
  5. 1890Post officeThe Flynn post office opens
  6. 1894Post officeThe Prattville post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1908Post officeThe Middletown Centre post office closes
  9. 1915Post officeThe Flynn post office closes
  10. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Middletown Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Middletown - ED 58-3318801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania …
1890s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Date unknown3 to date
St. Peter's Church, United Lutheran, North Union StreetDate?St. Peter's Church, United Lutheran, North Union Stre…Edgemont, Spring House, 212 Bridgetown Pike, Woodbourne, Bucks County, PADate?Edgemont, Spring House, 212 Bridgetown Pike, Woodbour…Senator Thomas Jenks, Jr., House, Woodbourne Road, Fairless Hills, Bucks County, PADate?Senator Thomas Jenks, Jr., House, Woodbourne Road, Fa…
On the map

Middletown Township on the map, 1943 to 1978

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

Middletown Township on the 1943 USGS mapMiddletown Township on the 1967 USGS mapMiddletown Township on the 1978 USGS map1943Le Raysville 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 Middletown Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Middletown - ED 58-33
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Middletown - ED 58-33, 1880

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Middletown Township’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Middletown Township

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

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Bridget MoynahanAmerican actress and model · b. 1971
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Chris WedgeAmerican animator, director, producer, and writ… · b. 1957
Douglas H. WheelockAmerican astronaut · b. 1960
Rick BakerAmerican special makeup effects artist · b. 1950
Jack SharkeyAmerican boxer · b. 1902
Benjamin Franklin TracyAmerican politician · b. 1830
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

FriendsvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForest Lake TownshipIts storyBPike TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townApolacon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Middletown Township’s history

Memory lane

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

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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 (1), the Library of Congress (3), 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.