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History · Taylor Township

Half of Taylor Township’s homes were built after 1964

Most of Taylor Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1964. Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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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 writtenNo old photos of Taylor Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19025 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1990. Watch Taylor Township change.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Taylor Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Taylor Township’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Taylor Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Taylor Township on the map, 1902 to 1990

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

Taylor Township on the 1902 USGS mapTaylor Township on the 1958 USGS mapTaylor Township on the 1969 USGS mapTaylor Township on the 1979 USGS mapTaylor Township on the 1990 USGS map1902New Castle 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 Taylor Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

East Moravia
1879–1901
West Pittsburg
1902–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
East MoraviaNew Castle JunctionWest Pittsburg

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

The story so far

Taylor Township, in brief

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

Taylor Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 991 at the time of the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 1,052 that was tabulated in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,052 to 989 (-6%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Taylor Township in 1908

Passages that mention Taylor Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

They also held meetings in the Austin schoolhouse, which stood on the hill back of the McCandless farm, on land now in Taylor Township. After this they held them in the ' ' Savannah ' ' schoolhouse, and finally, some time between 1853 and 1856, their brick church was built, on land purchased from R…
20th century history of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania1908 · page 328Read the page →
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They also held meetings in the Austin schoolhouse, which stood on the hill back of the McCandless farm, on land now in Taylor Township. After this they held them in the ' ' Savannah ' ' schoolhouse, and finally, some time between 1853 and 1856, their brick church was built, on land purchased from Robert McCandless. A cem-

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The first white settlement in the entire Beaver Valley was made within the limits of Taylor Township. This was the settlement of the famous Moravian Missionaries, Zeisberger and Senseman, with their Indian converts, about the 25th of April, 1770. They came from the mouth of the Tionesta Creek, now …
20th century history of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania1908 · page 341Read the page →
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The first white settlement in the entire Beaver Valley was made within the limits of Taylor Township. This was the settlement of the famous Moravian Missionaries, Zeisberger and Senseman, with their Indian converts, about the 25th of April, 1770. They came from the mouth of the Tionesta Creek, now in Forest County,

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Taylor Township, 1879 to 1902

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe East Moravia post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe East Moravia post office closes
  5. 1902Post officeThe West Pittsburg post office opens
  6. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Taylor Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Darlington park2010Darlington parkPennsylvania State Route 182008Pennsylvania State Route 18Darlington Park Caboose Display2008Darlington Park Caboose DisplayTaylor Township Interchange2007Taylor Township InterchangeDowntown West Pittsburg2007Downtown West Pittsburg
People over time

Taylor Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,20020002020Peak: 1,198

Between 991 and 1,198 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

Famous people close to Taylor Township

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

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Trent ReznorAmerican musician · b. 1965
Ira D. SankeyAmerican gospel singer and composer · b. 1840
Robert SterlingAmerican actor · b. 1917
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Herbert RobbinsAmerican mathematician · b. 1915
Jim GerlachAmerican politician · b. 1955
Dick AllenAmerican baseball player and singer · b. 1942
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

North Beaver Township1 historic placeB+New Castle4 historic placesA+West PittsburgIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOaklandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShenango Township1 historic placeB−

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.