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History · Stewart Township

15% of Stewart Township’s homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them 2 National Historic Landmarks. Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 2000.

2on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Stewart 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 Stewart Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Stewart Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A National Historic Landmark2 places on the National Register, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.Old burying grounds15 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stewart Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stewart Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Bidwell
1884–1936
Victoria
1892–1934
Bear Run
1901–1910
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BidwellKaufmannStonervilleVictoria
Gone or out of use
Bryner SchoolschoolOak Grove Schoolschool
15cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stewart Township
GladeHickman ChapelIrwin MemorialLambieLeonard FamilyMaple SummitMiddle RidgeMitchellMorris FamilySandsSpearSugar GroveSugar LoafTharpTressler Farm

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

On the National Register

2 historic places in Stewart Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. 2 are National Historic Landmarks, the highest tier.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
2
Fallingwater
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
Fallingwater
Fallingwater, built 1936★I. N. and Bernadine Hagan House, built 1956★
Buildings★ landmark

Architectural styles listings

Modern1
Wrightian1
★ Landmark
FallingwaterModern · Built 1936
★ Landmark
I. N. and Bernadine Hagan HouseWrightian · Built 1956

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Stewart Township, in brief

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

Stewart Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 623 at the 2020 census. Stonerville and Kaufmann are the only villages in this very rural township, which is served by the Uniontown Area School District. Two U.S. National Historic Landmarks are in Stewart Township. They are Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob. Both were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and are available for touring.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 731 to 623 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Stewart Township, 1884 to 2000

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Bidwell post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Victoria post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901Post officeThe Bear Run post office opens
  6. 1910Post officeThe Bear Run post office closes
  7. 1922On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1934Post officeThe Victoria post office closes
  9. 1936BuiltFallingwater is built
  10. 1936Post officeThe Bidwell post office closes
  11. 1956BuiltI. N. and Bernadine Hagan House is built
  12. 1976LandmarkFallingwater named a National Historic Landmark
  13. 21st century
  14. 2000LandmarkI. N. and Bernadine Hagan House named a National Historic Landmark
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On the map

Stewart Township on the map, 1922 to 1931

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

Stewart Township on the 1922 USGS mapStewart Township on the 1931 USGS map1922Confluence 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 Stewart Township.

People over time

Stewart Township, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 743

Between 623 and 743 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Stewart Township

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

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George MarshallAmerican army officer and statesman · b. 1880
Mark T. Esper27th United States Secretary of Defense · b. 1964
J
John Dickson CarrAmerican writer · b. 1906
Tamora PierceAmerican writer of fantasy novels for children … · b. 1954
B
Bob CowellAmerican swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, U.S.… · b. 1924
Thomas FordPolitician 1800-1850 · b. 1800
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Wharton Township5 historic placesASpringfield TownshipIts storyC+Henry Clay TownshipIts storyC+Dunbar Township1 historic placeBLower Turkeyfoot Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Stewart Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Stewart Township?

Two places: the Fallingwater (listed 1974) and the I. N. and Bernadine Hagan House (2000).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.