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History · Sugarloaf Township

Sugarloaf Township’s post office opened in 1829, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Y Covered Bridge No. 156. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1934 on.

1829first post office
1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Sugarloaf Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Sugarloaf Township began

When was Sugarloaf Township founded?

1829

The Sugarloaf Township post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name. Seven smaller post offices, Sugar Loaf (1829), Central (1840) and Coles Creek (1841), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 887197 years
Founding year: the first Sugarloaf Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Sugarloaf Township’s past

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

Lost villages7 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sugarloaf Township, and 8 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1829: 197 years of Sugarloaf Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Sugar Loaf
1829–1844
Central
1840–1915
Coles Creek
1841–1907
Jameson City
1889–1890
Elk Grove
1890–1914
Jamison City
1890–1927
Trimills
1900–1906
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CentralColes CreekElk GroveFive PointsGrassmere ParkJamison CityLaubachTri Mills
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sugarloaf Township
BostonSaint Gabriel

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

Help out

Start Sugarloaf Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewY Covered Bridge After Fire 1983: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Sugarloaf Township, 1829 to 1983

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1829Post officeThe Sugar Loaf post office opens
  3. 1840Post officeThe Central post office opens
  4. 1841Post officeThe Coles Creek post office opens
  5. 1844Post officeThe Sugar Loaf post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1907Post officeThe Coles Creek post office closes
  8. 1915Post officeThe Central post office closes
  9. 1934On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1983In the archiveY Covered Bridge After Fire 1983
The story

How Sugarloaf Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sugarloaf Township.

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The Y Covered Bridge No. 156 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Sugarloaf Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
Y Covered Bridge After Fire 19831983Y Covered Bridge After Fire 1983
1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today11 recent
Scenery of Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania 32014Scenery of Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County, Penns…Scenery of Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania 22014Scenery of Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County, Penns…Scenery of Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania 12014Scenery of Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County, Penns…Fishing Creek in Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania2014Fishing Creek in Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County,…Fishing Creek in Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania 22014Fishing Creek in Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County,…Coles Creek looking upstream from T8002014Coles Creek looking upstream from T800Coles Creek looking downstream from T8002014Coles Creek looking downstream from T800Coles Creek in Sugarloaf Township2014Coles Creek in Sugarloaf TownshipChurch in the village of Central2011Church in the village of CentralFlickr - Nicholas T - Cautionary2010Flickr - Nicholas T - CautionarySugarloaf Twp Greenery2009Sugarloaf Twp Greenery
On the map

Sugarloaf Township on the map, 1934 to 1995

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

Sugarloaf Township on the 1934 USGS mapSugarloaf Township on the 1953 USGS mapSugarloaf Township on the 1969 USGS mapSugarloaf Township on the 1995 USGS map1934LaPorte 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 Sugarloaf Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Y Covered Bridge After Fire 1983
Retake this viewY Covered Bridge After Fire 1983, 1983

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Sugarloaf Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

1 historic place in Sugarloaf Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Y Covered Bridge No. 156
Y Covered Bridge No. 156
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Queen Post Design1
Y Covered Bridge No. 156Queen Post Design

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Sugarloaf Township

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

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Johnny BentAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1908
N
Neil WelliverAmerican artist · b. 1929
Carl SawatskiAmerican baseball player · b. 1927
Jared SolomonAmerican baseball player · b. 1997
Joseph Marshall FrancisAmerican cleric (1862–1939); bishop of Indiana … · b. 1862
K
Kent ShelhamerAmerican politician · b. 1924
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jackson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDavidson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBenton TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Sugarloaf Township’s history

What year was Sugarloaf Township founded?

The Sugarloaf Township post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Sugarloaf Township?

One place: the Y Covered Bridge No. 156 (listed 1979).

Memory lane

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

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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 Wikimedia Commons (12), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.