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USACE Mahoning Creek Lake and DamPhoto: Margaret Luzier, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domain
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History · Redbank Township

42% of Redbank Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1969 on.

0on the National Register
42%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Redbank Township’s archive · credits on each photo

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 villages5 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Redbank Township’s homes were built before 1951.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Eddyville
1857–1907
McWilliams
1883–1907
Mount Tabor
1883–1883
Oakridge Station
1886–1900
Oakridge
1900–today
McGregor
1904–1905
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CharlestownEddyvilleMc GregorMcWilliamsMount TaborNew SalemOak Ridge
Gone or out of use
Dry Ridge SchoolschoolMayport Airportairport
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Redbank Township
Copenhaver CrossroadsEmmanuel Evangelical LutheranMount TaborMudlicNew SalemTrinity Reformed

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.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Redbank Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Redbank Township.

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Red Bank Township appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Its early history is detailed in Robert Walter Smith's 1883 History of Armstrong County.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Redbank Township, 1857 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Eddyville post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe McWilliams post office opens
  4. 1883Post officeThe Mount Tabor post office opens
  5. 1883Post officeThe Mount Tabor post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1907Post officeThe Eddyville post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe McWilliams post office closes
  9. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1985In the archiveUSACE Mahoning Creek Lake and Dam
By decade

Redbank Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
USACE Mahoning Creek Lake and Dam1985USACE Mahoning Creek Lake and Dam
1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
2022-06-04 18 36 05 View south along Pennsylvania State Route 839 at Eddyville Road in Redbank Township, Armstrong Coun…20222022-06-04 18 36 05 View south along Pennsylvania Sta…
On the map

Redbank Township on the map, 1969 to 1993

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 1969 USGS mapRedbank Township on the 1973 USGS mapRedbank Township on the 1993 USGS map1969Distant sheet · 1:24,000

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.

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.

USACE Mahoning Creek Lake and Dam
Retake this viewUSACE Mahoning Creek Lake and Dam, 1985

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

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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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Nathan Leroy StrongAmerican politician · b. 1859
Summers Melville JackAmerican politician · b. 1852
Ed KlepferAmerican baseball player · b. 1888
Jeremiah Z. BrownRecipient of the Medal of Honor · b. 1839
Ossee SchreckengostAmerican baseball player · b. 1875
Ray MathewsAmerican football player and coach · b. 1929
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Wayne TownshipIts storyB−Mahoning Township2 historic placesAHawthornIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPorter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRinggold TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Redbank 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, 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.