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History · Todd Township

Todd Township’s post office opened in 1851, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register, among them the East Broad Top Railroad, a National Historic Landmark, and two historic districts with 27 buildings between them. Below: maps from 1901 on.

1851first post office
3on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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How Todd Township began

When was Todd Township founded?

1851

The Todd Township post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Trough Creek (1826), Paradise Furnace (1844) and Eagle Foundry (1851), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 898175 years
Founding year: the first Todd Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Todd Township’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Todd Township, and 9 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Todd Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19015 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1994. Watch Todd Township change.A historic districtThe East Broad Top Railroad, a National Historic Landmark, takes in 25 historic buildings.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Trough Creek
1826–1942
Paradise Furnace
1844–1884
Eagle Foundry
1851–1911
Todd
1851–today
Salter
1884–1912
Joller
1919–1935
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BeavertownCooksJollerKimmelNewburgParadise FurnaceSalterToddTrough Creek
Gone or out of use
Coles Valley Churchchurch
11cemeteries and burying grounds inside Todd Township
BeavertownColes ValleyEdwards FamilyEvans FamilyLittle ValleyMount PleasantNewburgParadise FurnacePlummer FamilyTaylorTrough Creek

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

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

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On the map

Todd Township on the map, 1901 to 1994

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

Todd Township on the 1901 USGS mapTodd Township on the 1963 USGS mapTodd Township on the 1972 USGS mapTodd Township on the 1981 USGS mapTodd Township on the 1994 USGS map1901Huntingdon 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 Todd Township.

The story so far

Todd Township, in brief

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

Todd is an unincorporated community in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is 16 miles (26 km) south-southwest of Huntingdon. Todd had a post office until September 28, 2002; it still has its own ZIP code, 16685.

Its first post office opened in 1851. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 952 to 898 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Todd Township, 1826 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1826Post officeThe Trough Creek post office opens
  3. 1844Post officeThe Paradise Furnace post office opens
  4. 1851Post officeThe Eagle Foundry post office opens
  5. 1884Post officeThe Paradise Furnace post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1911Post officeThe Eagle Foundry post office closes
  9. 1942Post officeThe Trough Creek post office closes
  10. 1964LandmarkEast Broad Top Railroad named a National Historic Landmark
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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 National Register

3 listings protect 27 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.

places listed
3
National Historic Landmark
1
East Broad Top Railroad
historic buildings protected
27
each building in a district counts
first listed
1966
East Broad Top Railroad
Baker BridgeParadise FurnaceEast Broad Top Railroad★
DistrictsStructures★ landmark

Architectural styles listings

Concrete Arch Bridge1
Georgian1
★ Landmark
East Broad Top RailroadDistrict
Baker BridgeConcrete Arch Bridge
Paradise FurnaceGeorgian

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Todd Township

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

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Sandra FlukeAmerican women's rights activist and lawyer · b. 1981
George M. ChilcottAmerican politician · b. 1828
Robert E. EvansAmerican politician · b. 1856
James Monroe MillerAmerican politician (Republican) · b. 1852
Robert Milton SpeerAmerican politician · b. 1838
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Walt IrwinAmerican baseball player · b. 1897
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCass TownshipIts storyBClay TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHopewell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCarbon Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPenn Township1 historic placeB+Wood Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Todd Township’s history

What year was Todd Township founded?

The Todd Township post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Todd Township?

Three places: the East Broad Top Railroad (listed 1966), the Baker Bridge (1990) and the Paradise Furnace (1990).

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

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.