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History · Union Township

Union Township dates to 1809, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 2000.

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Quick answers

How Union Township began

When was Union Township founded?

1809

Union Township dates its founding to 1809 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 2000.

First census: 918 in 20002020 census: 886217 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1856.

What stands out about Union 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 Union Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Union Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1809: 217 years of Union Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Union Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Rockton
1856–today
Homecamp
1897–1910
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AndersonHome CampRocktonSmith Mills
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Union Township
DresslerRockton

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

Timeline

Union Township, 1809 to 1929

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1809
    FoundingUnion Township is established
  3. 1856Post officeThe Rockton post office opens
  4. 1897Post officeThe Homecamp post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1910Post officeThe Homecamp post office closes
  7. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Union Township, in brief

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

Union Township is a township that is located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 880 at the time of the 2020 census.

Union Township was established in 1809. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 892 in 2010, 886 in 2020.

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

By decade

Union Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
US 322 eb entering Pine Twp., Clearfield Co., PA from Union Twp., June 20242024US 322 eb entering Pine Twp., Clearfield Co., PA from…Rockton, PA post office and memorial, June 20242024Rockton, PA post office and memorial, June 2024I-80 wb in Union Township, Clearfield Co., PA (2), June 20242024I-80 wb in Union Township, Clearfield Co., PA (2), Ju…I-80 wb in Union Township, Clearfield Co., PA (1), June 20242024I-80 wb in Union Township, Clearfield Co., PA (1), Ju…Brown Springs, Moshannon State Forest2010Brown Springs, Moshannon State ForestUS Route 322 - Pennsylvania (4163327516) (2)2009US Route 322 - Pennsylvania (4163327516) (2)
On the map

Union Township on the map, 1929 to 1971

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

Union Township on the 1929 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1932 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1959 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1971 USGS map1929Penfield 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 Union Township.

People over time

Union Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 918

Between 880 and 918 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bloom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrady TownshipIts storyB−Pine Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuston Township3 historic placesASandy Township1 historic placeB

Questions about Union Township’s history

What year was Union Township founded?

In 1809, according to Wikidata. Union Township’s post office opened in 1856, and the census of 2000 counted 918 people here.

Memory lane

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.