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History · Muncy Creek Township

Muncy Creek Township dates to 1773, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 66% of U.S. towns · #534 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1953 on, and old-book passages.

1773founded
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Muncy Creek Township began

When was Muncy Creek Township founded?

1773

Muncy Creek Township dates its founding to 1773 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1832.

2020 census: 3,573253 years

How historic is Muncy Creek Township?

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

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1832.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Muncy Creek Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Muncy Creek Township is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns, #534 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Muncy Creek Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1773, from Wikidata: founded before 1776, an older era than 96% of U.S. townsA+Homes built before 194014.1% of homes (±8.1) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%BNational 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 48%

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 Muncy Creek 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 Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1773.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.1 points).

Founding year: Wikidata (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 Muncy Creek 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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Muncy Creek Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Older than the countryEstablished in 1773, 3 years before the Declaration of Independence.
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Start Muncy Creek Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Muncy Creek 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 photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Muncy Creek
1832–1834
Clarkestown
1869–1904
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ClarkstownLime Bluff
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Muncy Creek Township
Hill Burial GroundsImmanuel Lutheran

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

Timeline

Muncy Creek Township, 1773 to 1953

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1773
    FoundingMuncy Creek Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1832Post officeThe Muncy Creek post office opens
  5. 1834Post officeThe Muncy Creek post office closes
  6. 1869Post officeThe Clarkestown post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1904Post officeThe Clarkestown post office closes
  9. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Muncy Creek Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Muncy Creek Township.

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Muncy Creek Township was formed when Muncy Township was divided for the second time in 1797. The township is named for Muncy Creek, a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River that flows through it. Some of the oldest settlements of Lycoming County are in Muncy Creek Township. The township also played an important role in the development and regular use of the Pennsylvania Canal along the West Branch. The hamlet of Port Penn rose up along the section of the canal that passed through Muncy Creek Township. This hamlet, greatly reduced in population, was a very busy and sometimes dangerous place.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Muncy Creek Township in 1929

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

Muncy Creek Township is one of the oldest and, from a historical viewpoint, one of the most interesting in Lycoming County. It was set off from Muncy Township, the mother of all those lying north and east of the river, in 1797, two years after the erection of Lycoming as a separate county. Within i…
History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania1929 · page 204Read the page →
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Muncy Creek Township is one of the oldest and, from a historical viewpoint, one of the most interesting in Lycoming County. It was set off from Muncy Township, the mother of all those lying north and east of the river, in 1797, two years after the erection of Lycoming as a separate county. Within its borders some of the earliest settlements in the West Branch Valley were made. It is surrounded on the north by the river and Muncy and Wolf townships, on the east by Wolf and More-

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Most of the land in Muncy Creek Township is very fertile and productive although some of it is extremely hilly. There are some valuable deposits of minerals, noticeably a kind of silicic clay which is extensively used for paint fillers and the manufacture of some varieties of coach paint. Opps, nea…
History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania1929 · page 207Read the page →
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Most of the land in Muncy Creek Township is very fertile and productive although some of it is extremely hilly. There are some valuable deposits of minerals, noticeably a kind of silicic clay which is extensively used for paint fillers and the manufacture of some varieties of coach paint. Opps, near the Muncy Township line is the only postoffice in the township. In 1920 it had a population of 1,283.

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

By decade

Muncy Creek Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Report of the trial and conviction of John Earls , for the murder of his wife, Catharine Earls, late of Muncy Creek Tow…Date?Report of the trial and conviction of John Earls , fo…Book
Today13 recent
West Branch Susquehanna River looking upstream near Montgomery, Pennsylvania2014West Branch Susquehanna River looking upstream near M…West Branch Susquehanna River in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania2014West Branch Susquehanna River in Lycoming County, Pen…Scenery of Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and Clinton Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania2014Scenery of Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pen…Pennsylvania Route 54 bridge over the West Branch Susquehanna River2014Pennsylvania Route 54 bridge over the West Branch Sus…Pennsylvania Route 405 north2014Pennsylvania Route 405 northMuncy Creek in Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania2014Muncy Creek in Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County,…Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania2014Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, PennsylvaniaLittle Muncy Creek looking upstream in Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania2014Little Muncy Creek looking upstream in Muncy Creek To…Little Muncy Creek looking downstream in Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania2014Little Muncy Creek looking downstream in Muncy Creek …Pennsylvania State Route 542011Pennsylvania State Route 54Pennsylvania State Route 4052009Pennsylvania State Route 405Pennsylvania State Route 4052009Pennsylvania State Route 405Muncy Creek near mouth2006Muncy Creek near mouth
On the map

Muncy Creek Township on the map, 1953 to 1986

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

Muncy Creek Township on the 1953 USGS mapMuncy Creek Township on the 1965 USGS mapMuncy Creek Township on the 1973 USGS mapMuncy Creek Township on the 1986 USGS map1953Milton 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 Muncy Creek Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Muncy Creek Township

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

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William Cox EllisAmerican politician · b. 1787
Garth EverettAmerican politician · b. 1954
George Alexander ForsythUnited States Army cavalry officer in the Civil… · b. 1837
Anna Morris HolsteinAmerican organizational founder, civil war nurs… · b. 1824
Dick BarrettAmerican baseball player · b. 1906
Ed OttAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1951
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Clinton TownshipIts storyCDelaware Township4 historic placesBMoreland Township2 historic placesAWolf TownshipIts storyB−Muncy Township1 historic placeA−Lewis Township1 historic placeA−

Questions about Muncy Creek Township’s history

What year was Muncy Creek Township founded?

In 1773, according to Wikidata. Muncy Creek Township’s post office opened in 1832.

How does Muncy Creek Township rank for history?

Muncy Creek Township is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns, #534 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 Muncy Creek Township?

14% of Muncy Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.1 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1975.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (14), 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.