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History · Union Township

28% of Union Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0

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 9 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Union Township’s collection

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, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Ogdensburg
1851–1955
Roaring Branch
1862–today
Gleason
1879–1919
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DogtownGleasonNewelltownOgdensburgPenbrynRoaring BranchSouth UnionSpencertownUnion Center
Gone or out of use
North Union SchoolschoolSkelly Schoolschool
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Union Township
Church of ChristMcNettNewelltownNorth UnionRoaring Branch GriffinSpencerStullSwamp

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 Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 948 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,000 to 946 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Union Township, 1851 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Ogdensburg post office opens
  3. 1862Post officeThe Roaring Branch post office opens
  4. 1879Post officeThe Gleason post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1919Post officeThe Gleason post office closes
  7. 1942On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1955Post officeThe Ogdensburg post office closes
By decade

Union Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Roaring Branch, PA keystone marker2009Roaring Branch, PA keystone markerPennsylvania State Route 4142009Pennsylvania State Route 414Pennsylvania State Route 4142009Pennsylvania State Route 414Pennsylvania State Route 4142009Pennsylvania State Route 414
On the map

Union Township on the map, 1942 to 1986

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 1942 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1969 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1977 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1986 USGS map1942Canton 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: 1,000

Between 945 and 1,000 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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Tom M. MitchellComputer scientist · b. 1951
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Jesse SpringAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1901
Red MurrayAmerican baseball player · b. 1884
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Abe KrugerAmerican baseball player · b. 1885
Herb GoodallAmerican baseball player · b. 1870
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S. W. HarringtonAmerican football player and coach · b. 1889
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

McNett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCanton TownshipIts storyBLiberty TownshipIts storyBHamilton TownshipIts storynot 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 (4), 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.