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History · Union Township

17% of Union Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

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 villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Union Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Union Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Calvin
1851–today
Colfax
1869–1935
Page
1880–1905
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BirdvilleCalvinColfaxPage
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Union Township
Dell FamilyHampson FamilyMapleton Independent Order of Odd FellowsMiller FamilySheridan SchoolWright

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

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 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 951 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,029 to 947 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Union Township, 1851 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Calvin post office opens
  3. 1869Post officeThe Colfax post office opens
  4. 1880Post officeThe Page post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905Post officeThe Page post office closes
  7. 1922On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1935Post officeThe Colfax post office closes
By decade

Union Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
PA 829 nb in Calvin, Aug. 20242024PA 829 nb in Calvin, Aug. 2024PA 829 nb entering Union Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, Aug. 20242024PA 829 nb entering Union Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, Au…Birdvale, PA, Aug. 20242024Birdvale, PA, Aug. 20242021-10-27 16 19 24 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 829 (Trough Creek Valley Pike) at Pole Cat Hollow Road in20212021-10-27 16 19 24 View north along Pennsylvania Sta…Southern Brady Township2015Southern Brady TownshipMap of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting2008Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania HighlightingMap
On the map

Union Township on the map, 1922 to 1944

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 1922 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1944 USGS map1922Mt Union 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: 1,029

Between 951 and 1,029 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.

Famous people

Famous people close to Union Township

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

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Christina CrosbyAmerican scholar and writer · b. 1953
David McMurtrie GreggUnion Army general · b. 1833
Joseph SaxtonAmerican inventor · b. 1799
Horace PorterUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient and… · b. 1837
William A. WallaceAmerican politician · b. 1827
George M. ChilcottAmerican politician · b. 1828
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Juniata Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPenn Township1 historic placeB+Shirley Township3 historic placesA−Brady TownshipIts storyB−Mapleton1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCass TownshipIts storyBMill CreekIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHenderson Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Union Township’s history

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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.