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History · Ogle Township

Half of Ogle Township’s homes were built after 1978

Most of Ogle Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978.

0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ogle 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 Ogle Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ogle Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ogle Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Ashtola
1898–1914
Ogletown
1924–1956
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AshtolaOgletown
Gone or out of use
Felix Post Officepost office

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

The story so far

Ogle Township, in brief

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

Ogle Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 467 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 501 to 469 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Ogle Township, 1898 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Ashtola post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1914Post officeThe Ashtola post office closes
  5. 1924Post officeThe Ogletown post office opens
  6. 1956Post officeThe Ogletown post office closes
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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 Ogle Township

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

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Ashley MillerAmerican screenwriter and producer · b. 1971
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Michael RusnakAmerican Catholic priest · b. 1921
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John Michael KudrickGreek Catholic bishop · b. 1947
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Alexander RatiuRomanian Greek-Catholic priest · b. 1916
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Frank KostroAmerican baseball player · b. 1937
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Gerald SnyderAmerican football player · b. 1905
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Shade Township1 historic placeA+Paint TownshipIts storyC−West St. Clair Township3 historic placesA−Lincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNapier Township3 historic placesB+

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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 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.