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History · Oneida Township

Half of Oneida Township’s homes were built after 1974

Most of Oneida Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Oneida 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 Oneida Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Oneida Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19194 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1972. Watch Oneida Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oneida 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

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

Donation
1856–1905
Gorsuch
1883–1905
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Center UnionCold SpringDonation
Gone or out of use
Feltenberger Airportairport
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Oneida Township
DonationGorsuchMateerStewart Family

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

On the map

Oneida Township on the map, 1919 to 1972

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

Oneida Township on the 1919 USGS mapOneida Township on the 1935 USGS mapOneida Township on the 1963 USGS mapOneida Township on the 1972 USGS map1919Menno 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 Oneida Township.

The story so far

Oneida Township, in brief

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

Oneida Township is a township that is located in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,012 at the time of the 2020 census. This township includes the villages of Donation, Center Union, and Cold Springs.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,077 to 1,012 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Oneida Township, 1856 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Donation post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Gorsuch post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Donation post office closes
  6. 1905Post officeThe Gorsuch post office closes
  7. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Oneida Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Oneida Township2008Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting O…Map
People over time

Oneida Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,20020002020Peak: 1,129

Between 1,012 and 1,129 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Henderson Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuntingdon3 historic placesA+Porter Township3 historic placesA−Logan Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMiller TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.