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History · Riceville

Riceville’s post office opened in 1848, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1929 on.

1848first post office
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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How Riceville began

When was Riceville founded?

1848

The Riceville post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 58178 years
Founding year: the first Riceville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Riceville’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 Riceville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1848: 178 years of Riceville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Riceville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Riceville, in brief

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

Riceville is a census-designated place in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 68 at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1848. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 68 to 58 (-15%).

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

By decade

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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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On the map

Riceville on the map, 1929 to 1973

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

Riceville on the 1929 USGS mapRiceville on the 1932 USGS mapRiceville on the 1967 USGS mapRiceville on the 1973 USGS map1929Union City 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 Riceville.

Famous people

Famous people close to Riceville

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

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Jeannie SeelyAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1940
Julien BryanAmerican photojournalist · b. 1899
R. A. MihailoffAmerican actor · b. 1953
John E. PetersonAmerican politician · b. 1938
Michael C. KerrAmerican politician · b. 1827
Paul S. L. JohnsonAmerican clergyman · b. 1873

Questions about Riceville’s history

What year was Riceville founded?

The Riceville post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.