The story
Read it all →How Richmond Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Richmond Township.
The John Brown Tannery Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Richmond Township
36% of Richmond Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 63% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1927 on, and the census since 2000.
0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
Quick answers
About Richmond Township’s history
How historic is Richmond Township?
B
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 63% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Richmond Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Richmond Township is more historic than 63% 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 Richmond Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraWithout a firm founding date for Richmond Township, this grade rests on its old homes and Register listings–Homes built before 194035.6% of homes (±8.9) · 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 63%
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 Richmond 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 two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.9 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Richmond Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ 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.
New Richomond
Teepleville
Lyona
Pineys Corners
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Delamater CornersLyonaNew RichmondPinney CornersTeepleville
Gone or out of use
Delamater SchoolschoolPinney SchoolschoolSayre SchoolschoolWilkinson Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Richmond Township
LyonaNew RichmondNorth RichmondTownley
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Richmond Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Richmond Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Then & now
The same spot, 129 years apart
Drag across each photo to compare.
18852014From the old history books
What they wrote about Richmond Township in 1885
Passages that mention Richmond Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
history of crawford county, pennsylvania1885 · page 603Read the page →
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Richmond Township consists mainly of land belonging to the Seventh Donation District. In the northern part is a narrow strip, a portion of the Eighth Donation District, and between the two is a gore, having an average width in this township of perhaps a half a mile, which, by the inaccuracy of the early surveys, was included in neither Seventh nor Eighth Donation Districts. All that part within the Seventh District was a portion of Mead Township until 1824, when Randolph was organized, while the narrow strip along the northern border remained a part of Rockdale until 1829, when Richmond
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
history of crawford county, pennsylvania1885 · page 205Read the page →
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The head waters of Muddy Creek are located in Richmond, Steuben and Athens Townships; thence flowing from the latter northwestwardly across the northeast corner of Richmond Township, passes onward into Rockdale, and unites with French Creek a little south of Miller’s Station. Woodcock Run rises in Randolph Township, crosses the southwest corner of Richmond, and passing through the entire Township of Woodcock, empties into French Creek south of Saegertown.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Richmond Township, 1835 to 1927
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1835Post officeThe New Richomond post office opens
- 1855Post officeThe Teepleville post office opens
- 1875Post officeThe Lyona post office opens
- 1885
In the archiveJohn Brown's Tannery - 20th century
- 1902Post officeThe Teepleville post office closes
- 1903Post officeThe Lyona post office closes
- 1907
In the archiveJ Brown Tannery 1826-1907 - 1909Post officeThe New Richomond post office closes
- 1927
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Richmond Township, decade by decade
2 decades in the archive, from the 1880s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1880s–1900s2 items
1910s–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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2022
2014On the map
Richmond Township on the map, 1927 to 1973
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Richmond Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1927Townville sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Richmond Township.
People over time
Richmond Township, census by census
Between 1,352 and 1,475 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Richmond Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Richmond Township
Nobody well known was born in Richmond Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Blooming ValleyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAthens TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWoodcock TownshipIts storyBRockdale Township1 historic placeARandolph TownshipIts storyB+Steuben TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Richmond Township’s history
How does Richmond Township rank for history?
Richmond Township is more historic than 63% 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 Richmond Township?
36% of Richmond Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.9 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1974.
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 (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.