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History · Noxen Township

Noxen Township’s post office opened in 1888, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Noxen School. Below: maps from 1891 on.

1888first post office

1on the National Register

37%homes built before 1940

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Quick answers

How Noxen Township began

When was Noxen Township founded?

1888

The Noxen Township post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Stull (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 917138 years

Founding year: the first Noxen Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Noxen 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 Noxen Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18914 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1997. Watch Noxen Township change.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Noxen Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Noxen Township’s homes were built before 1954.

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

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On the map

Noxen Township on the map, 1891 to 1997

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

1891Harveys Lake 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 Noxen Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Noxen

1888–today

Stull

1890–1913

18801950today

Hamlets and corners on the map

Hettesheimer CornersNoxenRugglesStull

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

The story so far

Noxen Township, in brief

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

Noxen is a census-designated place that is located in Noxen Township, Wyoming County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. This community is situated close to Pennsylvania Route 29, approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Scranton.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 902 in 2010, 917 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Noxen Township, 1888 to 1913

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

19th century
1888Post officeThe Noxen post office opens
1890Post officeThe Stull post office opens
1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
20th century
1913Post officeThe Stull post office closes

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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Noxen Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed

National Historic Landmarks

none yet

historic buildings protected

each building in a district counts

first listed

2006

Noxen School

Buildings

Noxen SchoolBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Noxen Township

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

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Benjamin F. HardingAmerican politician and lawyer · b. 1823

Charles E. DietrichAmerican politician · b. 1889

Glenn FreyAmerican football player · b. 1912

Joseph C. AveryAmerican politician · b. 1817

Robyn GriggsAmerican actress · b. 1973

Edward BurkeAmerican football player · b. 1907

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Forkston TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town Monroe TownshipIts storyB⁻

Questions about Noxen Township’s history

What year was Noxen Township founded?

The Noxen Township post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Noxen Township?

One place: the Noxen School (listed 2006).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.

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