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History · Mineral Township

11% of Mineral Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1909 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Mineral 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 Mineral Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Mineral Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19095 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1981. Watch Mineral Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mineral Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Henderson StationMount PleasantRaymiltonWallace Corners
Gone or out of use
Summer Range Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mineral Township
GadsbyWoods

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

On the map

Mineral Township on the map, 1909 to 1981

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

Mineral Township on the 1909 USGS mapMineral Township on the 1911 USGS mapMineral Township on the 1963 USGS mapMineral Township on the 1972 USGS mapMineral Township on the 1981 USGS map1909Franklin 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 Mineral Township.

The story so far

Mineral Township, in brief

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

Mineral Township is a township in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 496 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 538 in the 2010 census, which was, in turn, a gain over the 533 residents tabulated in 2000.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 538 to 498 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Mineral Township, 1868 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Raymilton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1935Post officeThe Raymilton post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Mineral Township, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 538

Between 496 and 538 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Mineral Township

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

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Smokin' Joe KubekAmerican electric blues guitarist · b. 1956
Alexander HaysUnion Army general · b. 1819
Alexander McDowellPolitician · b. 1845
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Jimmy Del RayAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1962
Paula KellyAmerican big band singer · b. 1919
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Francis Patrick McFarlandCatholic bishop · b. 1819
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Frenchcreek TownshipIts storyCVictory TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIrwin TownshipIts storyC+

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.