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History · Sweden Township

Sweden Township’s post office opened in 1829

Most of Sweden Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1932 on and the census since 2000.

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Quick answers

How Sweden Township began, and where its name came from

When was Sweden Township founded?

1829

The Sweden Township post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Sweden (1829) and Sweden Valley (1864), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 775 in 20002020 census: 867197 years

How did Sweden Township get its name?

Sweden Township was named for the nation of Sweden, the native country of its early pioneer settlers.

Founding year: the first Sweden Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Sweden 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 Sweden Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sweden Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1829: 197 years of Sweden Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sweden Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Sweden
1829–1904
Sweden Valley
1864–1912
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Denton HillIce MineSwedenSweden Valley
Gone or out of use
Ice MineminePotato City Airportairport
1cemetery inside Sweden Township
Sweden Hill

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

Timeline

Sweden Township, 1829 to 1932

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1829Post officeThe Sweden post office opens
  3. 1864Post officeThe Sweden Valley post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Sweden post office closes
  6. 1912Post officeThe Sweden Valley post office closes
  7. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Sweden Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sweden Township.

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Sweden Township was formed on February 26, 1828, from Eulalia Township. It was named for the nation of Sweden, the native country of its early pioneer settlers.

In 2023, the township voted 2–1 to abolish its police force after the township's police chief, Bryan Phelps, resigned to become a county judge, citing low crime and a lack of space in the budget to support an independent police force. As such, the Pennsylvania State Police holds jurisdiction over the township.

ChaptersCoudersport Area Municipal Authority Treatment Plant Controversy

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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On the map

Sweden Township on the map, 1932 to 1969

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

Sweden Township on the 1932 USGS mapSweden Township on the 1969 USGS map1932Genesee 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 Sweden Township.

People over time

Sweden Township, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 872

Between 775 and 872 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Sweden Township

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

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Riki LindhomeAmerican actress · b. 1979
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Clair Alan BrownEnglish botanist · b. 1903
Josh KinneyAmerican baseball player · b. 1979
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William A. ShearAmerican arachnologist and myriapodologist · b. 1942
Grace Sartwell MasonAmerican journalist, critic, and writer · b. 1876
Lillian LewisAmerican stage actor · b. 1852
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Eulalia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSummit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAllegany TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sweden Township’s history

What year was Sweden Township founded?

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

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 Wikipedia, 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.