Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0
Quick answers
How Randolph Township began
When was Randolph Township founded?
1828
The Randolph Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Randolph (1828) and Black Ash (1860), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,838 in 20002020 census: 1,718198 years
How historic is Randolph Township?
B+
More historic than 70% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Randolph Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Randolph Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Randolph Township is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Randolph Township’s overall grade.
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 Randolph 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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.4 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Randolph Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Randolph Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Randolph Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,719 at the 2020 census, down from 1,782 at the 2010 census.
Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,782 to 1,718 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Randolph Township in 1885
Passages that mention Randolph Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
history of crawford county, pennsylvania1885 · page 606Read the page →
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der and Delos Crouch were among its earliest members. For a little while the class worshiped in the cabin of Mr. Hunt, then a schoolhouse was built in the western part of Tract 1466, wherein services were held until about 1848. A meeting-house was then erected at Hickory Corners, Randolph Township, and the home of the society passed without the limits of Richmond. A Congregational Church was formed during the residence in the township of John Brown, who was its leading spirit. Besides him Calvin Wilder and wife and a few others were members. Meetings were held for a time in the
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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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Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Randolph Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1927Townville 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 Randolph Township.
People over time
Randolph Township, census by census
Between 1,719 and 1,838 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Randolph Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Randolph Township
Nobody well known was born in Randolph Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Randolph Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Randolph Township rank for history?
Randolph Township is more historic than 70% 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.
How old are the homes in Randolph Township?
30% of Randolph Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.4 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1972.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
