The story
Read it all →How Orange Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Orange Township.
The Patterson Covered Bridge No. 112 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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History · Orange Township
11% of Orange Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 60% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Patterson Covered Bridge No. 112. Below: maps from 1894 on.
1on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
About Orange Township’s history
How historic is Orange Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 60% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Orange Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Orange Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Orange Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194010.6% of homes (±5.5) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B−National Register1 listing, 9.1 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 60%
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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 Orange Township’s 9.1 sits above most of its state (76% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.5 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Orange Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Orange Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Orange 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.On the map
Orange Township on the map, 1894 to 1999
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Orange Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1894Bloomsburg sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Orange Township.
By decade
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the National Register
1 historic place in Orange Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Patterson Covered Bridge No. 112
Structures
Architectural styles listings
Burr Truss-Arch1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Orange Township
Nobody well known was born in Orange Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Richard Sharpe ShaverAmerican writer and conspiracy theorist · b. 1907E
Emile SantiagoAmerican costume designer · b. 1899
Places that used to be
Places now gone and burying grounds
Gone or out of use
Ed and Dicks Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Orange Township
Crouse FamilyMc Henry
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Orange Township’s history
How does Orange Township rank for history?
Orange Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns. 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.
What is on the National Register in Orange Township?
One place: the Patterson Covered Bridge No. 112 (listed 1979).
How old are the homes in Orange Township?
11% of Orange Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.5 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1984.
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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.