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History · Tioga Township

Tioga Township dates to 1798, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1900 on, and the census since 1860.

1798founded
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Tioga Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Tioga Township began, and where its name came from

When was Tioga Township founded?

1798

Tioga Township dates its founding to 1798 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1860.

First census: 450 in 18602020 census: 938228 years

How did Tioga Township get its name?

The name "Tioga" is borrowed from Native American tribes who lived in the area at the time of the arrival of European colonists; it means "at the forks".

Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1859. Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Tioga 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 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Tioga Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19004 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1986. Watch Tioga Township change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1798: 228 years of Tioga Township.
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Start Tioga Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewTioga Junction, Pennsylvania railway st…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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.

Mitchell Creek
1859–1902
Painter Run
1879–1904
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BrooklynMill CreekMitchell CreekPainter Run
Gone or out of use
Nielsen Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Tioga Township
DaileyEvergreen

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

On the map

Tioga Township on the map, 1900 to 1986

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

Tioga Township on the 1900 USGS mapTioga Township on the 1954 USGS mapTioga Township on the 1969 USGS mapTioga Township on the 1986 USGS map1900Tioga 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 Tioga Township.

The story

How Tioga Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Tioga Township.

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On July 5, 2022, Officer Timothy Loehmann was sworn in as Tioga's only police officer. In 2014, Loehmann, while employed as a police officer in Cleveland, had shot and killed

12-year-old Tamir Rice who at the time was holding a pellet gun. Loehmann was never charged with a crime, but the incident caused protests. His hiring by Tioga's borough council caused a public backlash. A week later the resignations of Loehmann, the borough council president, another council member, the borough attorney, and the borough's code enforcement officer were accepted by the borough council. According to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the borough broke the law by failing to perform a proper background check before hiring Loehmann.

ChaptersOfficer hiring controversy

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Tioga Township, 1798 to 1923

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1798
    FoundingTioga Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1859Post officeThe Mitchell Creek post office opens
  5. 1879Post officeThe Painter Run post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1902Post officeThe Mitchell Creek post office closes
  9. 1904Post officeThe Painter Run post office closes
  10. 1910In the archiveTioga Junction, Pennsylvania railway station, ca 1910
  11. 1923In the archiveTioga PA Presby PHS598
By decade

Tioga Township, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s–1920s3 items
Tioga Junction, Pennsylvania railway station, ca 1910c. 1910Tioga Junction, Pennsylvania railway station, ca 1910Tioga, Pennsylvania railway station, ca 1910c. 1910Tioga, Pennsylvania railway station, ca 1910Tioga PA Presby PHS5981923Tioga PA Presby PHS598
1930s–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.
Add from your album
Today3 recent
Tioga 22009Tioga 2Pennsylvania State Route 287 093006 2962006Pennsylvania State Route 287 093006 296Pennsylvania State Route 287 093006 2952006Pennsylvania State Route 287 093006 295
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.

Tioga Junction, Pennsylvania railway station, ca 1910
Retake this viewTioga Junction, Pennsylvania railway station, ca 1910, c. 1910

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

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People over time

Tioga Township, census by census

0100200300400500600700190019502000Peak: 666

Between 368 and 666 people in every census since 1860.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Tioga Township

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

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Deacon WhiteAmerican baseball player and manager · b. 1847
Kathryn CrawfordAmerican actress · b. 1908
William A. StoneAmerican politician, Pennsylvania · b. 1846
Ed SchieffelinProspector who discovered the Tombstone mining … · b. 1847
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Tom M. MitchellComputer scientist · b. 1951
Will WhiteAmerican baseball player, pitcher, manager · b. 1854
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jackson TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Tioga Township’s history

What year was Tioga Township founded?

In 1798, according to Wikidata. Tioga Township’s post office opened in 1859, and the census of 1860 counted 450 people here.

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 (6), 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.