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History · Roaring Creek Township

20% of Roaring Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Roaring Creek 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 Roaring Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1976. Watch Roaring Creek Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Roaring Creek Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Roaring Creek Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Roaring Creek Township on the map, 1889 to 1976

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

Roaring Creek Township on the 1889 USGS mapRoaring Creek Township on the 1892 USGS mapRoaring Creek Township on the 1948 USGS mapRoaring Creek Township on the 1955 USGS mapRoaring Creek Township on the 1969 USGS mapRoaring Creek Township on the 1976 USGS map1889Catawissa 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 Roaring Creek Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Millgrove
1874–1907
Kulp
1897–1904
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KulpMill Grove
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Roaring Creek Township
FreewillKulp

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

The story

How Roaring Creek Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Roaring Creek Township.

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In 1974, county officials determined that "the low population density of the [Southern Columbia] Region offer[ed] no immediate demand for public sewerage."

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Roaring Creek Township, 1874 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Millgrove post office opens
  3. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1897Post officeThe Kulp post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Kulp post office closes
  7. 1907Post officeThe Millgrove post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Roaring Creek Township

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

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Haldan Keffer HartlineAmerican neuroscientist · b. 1903
Krysten RitterAmerican actress · b. 1981
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Emile SantiagoAmerican costume designer · b. 1899
Frank Eugene LutzAmerican entomologist · b. 1879
Pamela RibonAmerican screenwriter, author and actress · b. 1975
Danny LitwhilerAmerican baseball player · b. 1916
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Locust Township2 historic placesABeaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMain TownshipIts storyC+Union Township1 historic placeACatawissa Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.