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Deibler's Mill bridge over Mahantango CreekPhoto: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Mifflin Township

37% of Mifflin Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1893 on.

0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
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Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0

What stands out about Mifflin 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 Mifflin Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18935 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1977. Watch Mifflin Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mifflin Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Mifflin Township on the map, 1893 to 1977

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

Mifflin Township on the 1893 USGS mapMifflin Township on the 1947 USGS mapMifflin Township on the 1953 USGS mapMifflin Township on the 1969 USGS mapMifflin Township on the 1977 USGS map1893Millersburg 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 Mifflin Township.

The story

How Mifflin Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Mifflin Township.

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Mifflin Township was named for Thomas Mifflin, the first governor of Pennsylvania.

The Dauphin County Bridge No. 27 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Mifflin Township, 1863 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1863Post officeThe Curtin post office opens
  3. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Curtin post office closes
By decade

Mifflin Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Farm along PA 225 north of Berrysburg, Mifflin Township, June 20252025Farm along PA 225 north of Berrysburg, Mifflin Townsh…Farm along Municipal Road, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., June 20252025Farm along Municipal Road, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co.,…Farm along Henninger Road, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., June 20252025Farm along Henninger Road, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co.,…Berrysburg, PA cemetery, July 20252025Berrysburg, PA cemetery, July 2025Berrysburg, PA Evangelical Brethren Church, July 20252025Berrysburg, PA Evangelical Brethren Church, July 2025Pennsylvania State Route 252009Pennsylvania State Route 25
Famous people

Famous people close to Mifflin Township

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

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Marvin WolfgangAmerican criminologist · b. 1924
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Merle PhillipsAmerican politician · b. 1928
William Thompson WaltersAmerican businessperson and art collector · b. 1820
Bill LippertAmerican politician · b. 1950
Carl ScheibAmerican baseball player · b. 1927
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Dave HooverAmerican comic book artist and animator · b. 1955
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Cartin
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mifflin Township
Berrysburg Evangelical BrethrenReigles Bible FellowshipSaint Johns Lutheran Church

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.

Lower Mahanoy Township1 historic placeAPillowIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLykens Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington Township1 historic placeB+Upper Paxton Township1 historic placeA−

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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 (6), Wikipedia, 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.