The story
Read it all →How Taylor Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Taylor Township.
The Hannah Iron Furnace was in operation along Bald Eagle Creek in Hannah from 1830 to 1850.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Taylor Township
Half of Taylor Township’s homes were built after 1983
Most of Taylor Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1922 on, and the census since 2000.
0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
What stands out about Taylor 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Taylor Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19227 editions of the USGS map, 1922 to 1994. Watch Taylor Township change.
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Start Taylor Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Taylor Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hannah Furnace
Hannah
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GardnerHannah
1cemetery inside Taylor Township
Mount Pleasant
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Taylor Township on the map, 1922 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Taylor Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1922Philipsburg sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Taylor Township.
Timeline
Taylor Township, 1833 to 1922
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1833Post officeThe Hannah Furnace post office opens
- 1836Post officeThe Hannah Furnace post office closes
- 1856Post officeThe Hannah post office opens
- 1874
In the archiveAtlas of Centre County, Pennsylvania - 20th century
- 1904Post officeThe Hannah post office closes
- 1922
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Taylor Township, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1870s1 item
Today1 recent
2014People over time
Taylor Township, census by census
Between 741 and 853 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Taylor Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Taylor Township
Nobody well known was born in Taylor Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Taylor Township’s history
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 (2), 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.