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History · Redbank Township

Redbank Township’s post office opened in 1827, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 71% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1906 on.

1827first post office
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Redbank Township began

When was Redbank Township founded?

1827

The Redbank Township post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Redbank (1827), Shannondale (1854) and New Mayville (1875), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,332199 years

How historic is Redbank Township?

B+

More historic than 71% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Redbank Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Redbank Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Redbank Township is more historic than 71% 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 Redbank Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1827, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194032.3% of homes (±8.7) · 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 71%
NewerOlder

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 Redbank 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 (±8.7 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 Redbank Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Redbank Township, and 7 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Redbank Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19063 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1981. Watch Redbank Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1827: 199 years of Redbank Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Redbank
1827–1930
Shannondale
1854–1906
New Mayville
1875–1915
Truittsburg
1878–1905
Fairmount City
1879–today
Mayport
1915–today
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AlcolaFairmont CityMayportMillvilleShannondaleSpaces CornersTruittsburg
Gone or out of use
Himes SchoolschoolNew Mayville Post Officepost office
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Redbank Township
Alcola TrinityFrazierLiving ChurchMiddle RunParadiseShannondale Union

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

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Start Redbank Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Redbank Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Redbank Township on the map, 1906 to 1981

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

Redbank Township on the 1906 USGS mapRedbank Township on the 1969 USGS mapRedbank Township on the 1981 USGS map1906Clarion 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 Redbank Township.

The story so far

Redbank Township, in brief

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

Redbank Township is a township in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,334 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the figure of 1,370 tabulated in 2010.

Its first post office opened in 1827. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,370 to 1,332 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Redbank Township, 1827 to 1930

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1827Post officeThe Redbank post office opens
  3. 1854Post officeThe Shannondale post office opens
  4. 1875Post officeThe New Mayville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1906Post officeThe Shannondale post office closes
  7. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1915Post officeThe New Mayville post office closes
  9. 1930Post officeThe Redbank post office closes
By decade

Redbank Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
2022-06-06 16 35 31 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 28 at Dairy Road in20222022-06-06 16 35 31 View north along Pennsylvania Sta…Trinity Hall in2014Trinity Hall inRedbank Township cemetery near Hawthorn2014Redbank Township cemetery near HawthornPennsylvania State Route 282012Pennsylvania State Route 28Pennsylvania State Route 282012Pennsylvania State Route 28Pennsylvania State Route 282004Pennsylvania State Route 28
Famous people

Famous people close to Redbank Township

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

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Albert C. ThompsonLawyer, judge and politician · b. 1842
D
DeVeren BookwalterAmerican actor · b. 1939
Nathan Leroy StrongAmerican politician · b. 1859
Samuel Alfred CraigUnion United States Army officer · b. 1839
Summers Melville JackAmerican politician · b. 1852
A
Andy HastingsAmerican football player · b. 1893
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

HawthornIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLimestone TownshipIts storyB+New BethlehemIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPorter TownshipIts storyBClover Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMahoning Township2 historic placesA

Questions about Redbank Township’s history

What year was Redbank Township founded?

The Redbank Township post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Redbank Township rank for history?

Redbank Township is more historic than 71% 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 Redbank Township?

32% of Redbank Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.7 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1961.

Memory lane

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

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.