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History · Vowinckel

Vowinckel’s post office opened in 1884, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

1884first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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How Vowinckel began

When was Vowinckel founded?

1884

The Vowinckel post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 130142 years
Founding year: the first Vowinckel post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Vowinckel’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 Vowinckel are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19185 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1973. Watch Vowinckel change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vowinckel’s history is told.

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On the map

Vowinckel on the map, 1918 to 1973

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

Vowinckel on the 1918 USGS mapVowinckel on the 1936 USGS mapVowinckel on the 1941 USGS mapVowinckel on the 1967 USGS mapVowinckel on the 1973 USGS map1918Loleta 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 Vowinckel.

The story so far

Vowinckel, in brief

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

Vowinckel is a census-designated place in Farmington Township, Clarion County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 66 in far northeastern Clarion County. As of the 2010 census the population was 139.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 139 to 130 (-6%).

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

By decade

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Vowinckel

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

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Robert Means ThompsonAmerican naval officer and businessman · b. 1849
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Gene HostAmerican baseball player · b. 1933
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

CrownIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Vowinckel’s history

What year was Vowinckel founded?

The Vowinckel post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.