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History · Pleasant Valley Township

52% of Pleasant Valley Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1934 on, and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
52%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Pleasant Valley Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Pleasant Valley 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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Pleasant Valley Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pleasant Valley Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewStone Barn: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Pleasant Valley Township, in brief

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

Pleasant Valley Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 76 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 86 to 78 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Pleasant Valley Township, 1851 to 1934

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Willision post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Willision post office closes
  5. 1934On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Pleasant Valley Township, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
Stone BarnDate?Stone BarnW. A. Finady Barn (1829), State Route 212 (Springfield Township)Date?W. A. Finady Barn (1829), State Route 212 (Springfiel…
On the map

Pleasant Valley Township on the map, 1934 to 1969

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

Pleasant Valley Township on the 1934 USGS mapPleasant Valley Township on the 1969 USGS map1934Coudersport 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 Pleasant Valley Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Stone Barn
Retake this viewStone Barn

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Pleasant Valley Township’s page.

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People over time

Pleasant Valley Township, census by census

020002020Peak: 86

Between 76 and 86 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Pleasant Valley Township

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

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Riki LindhomeAmerican actress · b. 1979
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Clair Alan BrownEnglish botanist · b. 1903
Fielder JonesAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1871
Albert W. JohnsonAmerican politician; U.S. representative from P… · b. 1906
Josh KinneyAmerican baseball player · b. 1979
George B. ShawAmerican politician and lumberman · b. 1854
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
ShaytownWilliston

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Clara TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSharon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCeres TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pleasant Valley Township’s history

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (2), 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.