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History · New Castle Township

77% of New Castle Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
77%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about New Castle Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s New Castle Township, and 7 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of New Castle Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1994. Watch New Castle Township change.Old housesHalf of New Castle Township’s homes were built before 1938.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Broad Mountain
1830–1920
Wade
1890–1918
Duncott
1898–1923
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Arnots AdditionCoal CastleDark WaterDuncottMount LaffeeNew CastleWadesville

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

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

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On the map

New Castle Township on the map, 1889 to 1994

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

New Castle Township on the 1889 USGS mapNew Castle Township on the 1891 USGS mapNew Castle Township on the 1944 USGS mapNew Castle Township on the 1968 USGS mapNew Castle Township on the 1976 USGS mapNew Castle Township on the 1994 USGS map1889Pottsville 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 New Castle Township.

The story

How New Castle Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of New Castle Township.

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Named for the famous coal city Newcastle upon Tyne in England, this area contains large veins of anthracite coal and has a long history of coal mining; strip mining continues there to the present day.

The area comprising New Castle Township was first settled by Europeans around 1800. The township was formed in 1847 from part of Norwegian Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

New Castle Township, 1830 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1830Post officeThe Broad Mountain post office opens
  3. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1890Post officeThe Wade post office opens
  5. 1898Post officeThe Duncott post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1918Post officeThe Wade post office closes
  8. 1920Post officeThe Broad Mountain post office closes
  9. 1923Post officeThe Duncott post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to New Castle Township

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

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Gary S. BeckerAmerican economist · b. 1930
Tommy DorseyAmerican big band leader and musician · b. 1905
John O'HaraAmerican journalist and writer · b. 1905
Jimmy DorseyAmerican clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandlea… · b. 1904
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Matt WachterAmerican musician · b. 1976
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Francis BrennanCatholic cardinal · b. 1894
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cass TownshipIts storyB+Norwegian TownshipIts storyBButler TownshipIts storyB

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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 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.