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History · Richland Township

Richland Township’s post office opened in 1819, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1907 on.

1819first post office
0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Richland Township began

When was Richland Township founded?

1819

The Richland Township post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Richland (1819) and Alum Rock (1862), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 469207 years
Founding year: the first Richland Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Richland 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 writtenNo old photos of Richland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Richland Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1972. Watch Richland Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1819: 207 years of Richland Township.
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Start Richland Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Richland
1819–1825
Alum Rock
1862–1960
Turkey City
1876–today
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Alum RockTurkey City
Gone or out of use
Alum Rock Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Richland Township
Chestnut Ridge

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

On the map

Richland Township on the map, 1907 to 1972

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

Richland Township on the 1907 USGS mapRichland Township on the 1963 USGS mapRichland Township on the 1972 USGS map1907Foxburg 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 Richland Township.

The story so far

Richland Township, in brief

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

Richland Township is a township in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 473 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the figure of 494 tabulated in 2010.

Its first post office opened in 1819. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 494 to 469 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Richland Township, 1819 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1819Post officeThe Richland post office opens
  3. 1825Post officeThe Richland post office closes
  4. 1862Post officeThe Alum Rock post office opens
  5. 1876Post officeThe Turkey City post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1960Post officeThe Alum Rock post office closes
By decade

Richland Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Turkey City post office 160582015Turkey City post office 16058Barn west of St. Petersburg2015Barn west of St. PetersburgPennsylvania State Route 582014Pennsylvania State Route 58
Famous people

Famous people close to Richland Township

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

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Jane WolfeAmerican silent film character actress and Thel… · b. 1875
Joe PageAmerican baseball player · b. 1917
Robert Burns WilsonPainter and poet · b. 1850
Willis James HulingsAmerican politician · b. 1850
Claude RitcheyMajor League Baseball second baseman · b. 1873
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Bob WayAmerican baseball player · b. 1906
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Perry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHovey TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEmlenton1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFoxburg2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAllegheny TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScrubgrass TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLicking Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Richland Township’s history

What year was Richland Township founded?

The Richland Township post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.