The Steuben Township post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Kingsley's (1830), Clappville (1843) and Steuben (1850), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 908 in 20002020 census: 775176 years
Founding year: the first Steuben Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
What stands out about Steuben Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Kingsley's
1830–1865
Clappville
1843–1843
Steuben
1850–1869
Tryonville
1869–1966
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Hamlets and corners on the map
ClappvilleFive CornersTryonville
Gone or out of use
Higby Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Steuben Township
BakerKingsleyTryonvilleWaid
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Steuben Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Steuben Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Steuben Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 773 at the 2020 census, down from 804 at the 2010 census and 908 in 2000.
Its first post office opened in 1850. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 804 to 775 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Steuben Township in 1885
Passages that mention Steuben Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania1885 · page 1074Read the page →
Read the text
Our subject purchased land in that township at the age of twenty-one, and this he cleared and improved, and there lived until 1871, when he sold, and purchased -land in Steuben Township. He had given most of his time to the blacksmithing trade, in which he continued until of late years, and then began farming more extensively and improving his land. He has over 200 acres, on which] he'built, in 1880, a saw and shingle-mill, which he is operating very successfully. He also gave some attention to coopering for several years. In his earlier history Mr. Preston served in most of the township offices. He was
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
Steuben Township, 1830 to 1927
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Steuben Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1927Townville 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 Steuben Township.
People over time
Steuben Township, census by census
Between 773 and 908 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Steuben Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Steuben Township
Nobody well known was born in Steuben Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.
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