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History · Saw Creek

Half of Saw Creek’s homes were built after 1988

Most of Saw Creek was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1944 on.

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What stands out about Saw Creek’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 Saw Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Saw Creek’s history is told.

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The story so far

Saw Creek, in brief

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

Saw Creek is a census-designated place and Private community located mainly in Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States, as well as a small portion located in Middle Smithfield Township in Monroe County in Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census the population was 4,016 residents.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 4,016 to 4,118 (+3%).

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

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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

Saw Creek on the map, 1944 to 1993

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

Saw Creek on the 1944 USGS mapSaw Creek on the 1968 USGS mapSaw Creek on the 1973 USGS mapSaw Creek on the 1983 USGS mapSaw Creek on the 1993 USGS map1944Bushkill 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 Saw Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Saw Creek

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

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Byron K. LichtenbergAmerican astronaut and engineer · b. 1948
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Jayson TerdimanAmerican luger · b. 1988
Benjamin LundyAmerican Quaker abolitionist · b. 1789
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Shelby StarnerAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1984
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Alex WeekesAmerican soccer player · b. 1988
Charles W. ButtzAmerican politician · b. 1837

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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.