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2022-06-06 12 44 41 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 38 just north of Pennsylvania State Route 208 in Richland Township, Venango County, PennsylvaniaPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Richland Township

33% of Richland Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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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.Old housesHalf of Richland Township’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Richland Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Nickleville
1867–1954
Mariasville
1878–1902
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
MariasvilleNickleville
Gone or out of use
Bissel ParkparkEmlenton Municipal AirportairportMaple Hollow Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Richland Township
Valley

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

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 Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 776 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 777 in 2010, 777 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Richland Township, 1867 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Nickleville post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Mariasville post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Mariasville post office closes
  6. 1954Post officeThe Nickleville post office closes
  7. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Richland Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
2022-06-06 12 44 41 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 38 just north of Pennsylvania State Route 208 in20222022-06-06 12 44 41 View north along Pennsylvania Sta…Pennsylvania State Route 2082010Pennsylvania State Route 208
On the map

Richland Township on the map, 1963 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 1963 USGS mapRichland Township on the 1972 USGS map1963Emlenton 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 Richland Township.

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
Ben Van DykeAmerican baseball player · b. 1888
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.

Emlenton1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRockland Township1 historic placeA−Salem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScrubgrass TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAshland TownshipIts storyB

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.