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History · Stewardson Township

24% of Stewardson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Stewardson 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 Stewardson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Stewardson Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Stewardson Township’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stewardson Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, Oleona, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Cross ForkGravel LickOleona
Gone or out of use
Ole Bull Castlelocale

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

The story so far

Stewardson Township, in brief

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

Stewardson Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 64 at the 2020 census. Ole Bull State Park, a Pennsylvania state park, is located in Stewardson Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 74 to 62 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Stewardson Township, 1890 to 1947

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Oleona post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906Post officeThe Oleona post office closes
  5. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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On the map

Stewardson Township on the map, 1947 to 1995

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

Stewardson Township on the 1947 USGS mapStewardson Township on the 1950 USGS mapStewardson Township on the 1971 USGS mapStewardson Township on the 1995 USGS map1947Oleona 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 Stewardson Township.

People over time

Stewardson Township, census by census

020002020Peak: 74

Between 64 and 74 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Stewardson Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stewardson Township

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

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Lee GambleAmerican baseball player · b. 1910
Mike RoachAmerican baseball player · b. 1869
Bill FrielAmerican baseball player · b. 1876
Garrett CochranAmerican football player · b. 1876
George C. PatersonAmerican football player · b. 1891
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Joe MunsonAmerican baseball player · b. 1899
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Chapman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrown Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAbbott TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLeidy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWharton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.