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South Centre Township dates to 1771

More historic than 54% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of South Centre Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1894 on.

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Quick answers

How South Centre Township began

When was South Centre Township founded?

1771

South Centre Township dates its founding to 1771 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1842.

2020 census: 1,904255 years

How historic is South Centre Township?

B−

More historic than 54% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1842.
History grade

What drives South Centre Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, South Centre Township is more historic than 54% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of South Centre Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1771, from Wikidata: founded before 1776, an older era than 96% of U.S. townsA+Homes built before 19406.6% of homes (±3.2) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%C+National 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 54%
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 South Centre 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.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1771.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.2 points).

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). 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 South Centre 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 South Centre Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s South Centre Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 18946 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1989. Watch South Centre Township change.Older than the countryEstablished in 1771, 5 years before the Declaration of Independence.
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Start South Centre Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how South Centre 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 and burying grounds

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

Lime Ridge
1842–1918
Willow Springs
1862–1909
Almedia
1889–1934
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AlmediaLime RidgeWillow Springs
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside South Centre Township
Elan MemorialLime Ridge Evangelical United BrethrenLime Ridge Methodist

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

On the map

South Centre Township on the map, 1894 to 1989

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

South Centre Township on the 1894 USGS mapSouth Centre Township on the 1947 USGS mapSouth Centre Township on the 1954 USGS mapSouth Centre Township on the 1969 USGS mapSouth Centre Township on the 1978 USGS mapSouth Centre Township on the 1989 USGS map1894Bloomsburg 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 South Centre Township.

The story so far

South Centre Township, in brief

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

South Centre Township is a township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,908 at the 2020 census.

South Centre Township was established in 1771. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,937 in 2010, 1,904 in 2020.

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

Timeline

South Centre Township, 1771 to 1934

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1771
    FoundingSouth Centre Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1842Post officeThe Lime Ridge post office opens
  5. 1862Post officeThe Willow Springs post office opens
  6. 1889Post officeThe Almedia post office opens
  7. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 20th century
  9. 1909Post officeThe Willow Springs post office closes
  10. 1918Post officeThe Lime Ridge post office closes
  11. 1934Post officeThe Almedia 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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

North Centre Township1 historic placeBMifflin TownshipIts storyB−Lime RidgeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMifflinvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScott TownshipIts storyC+Main TownshipIts storyC+AlmediaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about South Centre Township’s history

What year was South Centre Township founded?

In 1771, according to Wikidata. South Centre Township’s post office opened in 1842.

How does South Centre Township rank for history?

South Centre Township is more historic than 54% 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 South Centre Township?

7% of South Centre Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.2 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1975.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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).

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.