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History · Pine Creek Township

30% of Pine Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 58% of U.S. towns · #618 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Below: maps from 1921 on and the census since 1980.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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About Pine Creek Township’s history

How historic is Pine Creek Township?

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More historic than 58% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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What drives Pine Creek Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pine Creek Township is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns, #618 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pine Creek Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194030.0% of homes (±10.8) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%ANational RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 58%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 40%

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 Pine Creek Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% 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 (±10.8 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 Pine Creek 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 Pine Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Pine Creek Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19216 editions of the USGS map, 1921 to 1994. Watch Pine Creek Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Creek Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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 and burying grounds

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

Chatham Run
1850–1919
Woolrich
1886–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CharltonChatham RunWoolrich
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pine Creek Township
BellevueGarman LutheranWoolrich

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

On the map

Pine Creek Township on the map, 1921 to 1994

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

Pine Creek Township on the 1921 USGS mapPine Creek Township on the 1944 USGS mapPine Creek Township on the 1965 USGS mapPine Creek Township on the 1973 USGS mapPine Creek Township on the 1986 USGS mapPine Creek Township on the 1994 USGS map1921Lock Haven 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 Pine Creek Township.

The story so far

Pine Creek Township, in brief

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

Pine Creek Township is a township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,394 at the 2020 census. The township is named for Pine Creek, which flows into the West Branch Susquehanna River at the border of the township with Lycoming County, between the boroughs of Avis and Jersey Shore

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,215 to 3,416 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Pine Creek Township, 1840 to 1921

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Born hereCharles Memorial Hamilton is born here
  3. 1850Post officeThe Chatham Run post office opens
  4. 1886Post officeThe Woolrich post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1919Post officeThe Chatham Run post office closes
  7. 1921On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Pine Creek Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
US 220 nb offramp to PA 150 northern terminus, Aug. 20242024US 220 nb offramp to PA 150 northern terminus, Aug. 2…PA 150 sb in Pine Creek Twp., Aug. 20242024PA 150 sb in Pine Creek Twp., Aug. 2024Farmstead, Pine Creek Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A2018Farmstead, Pine Creek Township, Clinton County, Penns…WoolrichFactory18872011WoolrichFactory1887Appalachian Valley (1)2011Appalachian Valley (1)
People over time

Pine Creek Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500198020002020Peak: 3,394

Between 3,100 and 3,394 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Porter Township1 historic placeAWatson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayne TownshipIts storyB−Dunnstable Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcElhattanIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pine Creek Township’s history

How does Pine Creek Township rank for history?

Pine Creek Township is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns, #618 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. 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.

How old are the homes in Pine Creek Township?

30% of Pine Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.8 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1974.

Memory lane

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.