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History · Scrubgrass Township

Scrubgrass Township’s post office opened in 1833, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1910 on.

1833first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Scrubgrass Township began

When was Scrubgrass Township founded?

1833

The Scrubgrass Township post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name. Six smaller post offices, Scrubgrass (1833), Big Bend (1839) and Scrubgrass (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 749193 years
Founding year: the first Scrubgrass Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Scrubgrass Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages6 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Scrubgrass Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Scrubgrass Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19104 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1972. Watch Scrubgrass Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1833: 193 years of Scrubgrass Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Scrubgrass
1833–1839
Big Bend
1839–1913
Scrubgrass
1887–1908
Eakins Corners
1890–1903
Hoodville
1894–1903
Cyrus
1897–1909
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CyrusEakin CornerHumphreys CornerLisbonPine GroveSutton Mill
1cemetery inside Scrubgrass Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Start Scrubgrass Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Scrubgrass Township on the map, 1910 to 1972

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

Scrubgrass Township on the 1910 USGS mapScrubgrass Township on the 1944 USGS mapScrubgrass Township on the 1963 USGS mapScrubgrass Township on the 1972 USGS map1910Hilliards 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 Scrubgrass Township.

The story so far

Scrubgrass Township, in brief

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

Scrubgrass Township is a township in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 750 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1833. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 751 in 2010, 749 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Scrubgrass Township, 1833 to 1913

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1833Post officeThe Scrubgrass post office opens
  3. 1839Post officeThe Scrubgrass post office closes
  4. 1839Post officeThe Big Bend post office opens
  5. 1887Post officeThe Scrubgrass post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1908Post officeThe Scrubgrass post office closes
  8. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1913Post officeThe Big Bend post office closes
By decade

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 Scrubgrass Township

Nobody well known was born in Scrubgrass 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
Alexander HaysUnion Army general · b. 1819
Alexander McDowellPolitician · b. 1845
Joe PageAmerican baseball player · b. 1917
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Francis Patrick McFarlandCatholic bishop · b. 1819
Lawrence Leo GranerRoman Catholic archbishop · b. 1901
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rockland Township1 historic placeA−KennerdellIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClinton Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEmlenton1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCherry ValleyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAllegheny TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Scrubgrass Township’s history

What year was Scrubgrass Township founded?

The Scrubgrass Township post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.