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History · Overton Township

Overton Township’s post office opened in 1856, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1943 on.

1856first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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How Overton Township began

When was Overton Township founded?

1856

The Overton Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Overton (1856), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 241170 years
Founding year: the first Overton Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Overton 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 Overton Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Overton Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Overton 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 burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
MinervilleOvertonQuinlantown
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Overton Township
Heverly FamilyMethodistSaint Francis Xavier CemeterySaint Pauls United Church of ChristSaints Phillip and James Church

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

The story so far

Overton Township, in brief

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

Overton Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 239 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1856. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 247 to 241 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Overton Township, 1856 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Overton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1970Post officeThe Overton post office closes
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.

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On the map

Overton Township on the map, 1943 to 1970

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

Overton Township on the 1943 USGS mapOverton Township on the 1970 USGS map1943Powell 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 Overton Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Overton Township

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

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Johnny BentAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1908
Ada BittenbenderAmerican lawyer, feminist activist · b. 1848
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Jesse SpringAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1901
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John LaporteAmerican politician · b. 1798
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Garland GrangePlayer of American football · b. 1906
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Kenneth E. CasterAmerican paleontologist · b. 1908
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Franklin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonroe TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Overton Township’s history

What year was Overton Township founded?

The Overton Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.