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History · Watson Township

Half of Watson Township’s homes were built after 1968

Most of Watson Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Below: maps from 1927 on and the census since 2000.

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Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0

What stands out about Watson 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 Watson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Watson Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Watson Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Gillis
1898–1903
Stoneridge
1898–1903
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Watson Township, in brief

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

Watson Township is a township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 230 at the 2020 census, down from 274 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 274 to 230 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Watson Township, 1898 to 1927

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Gillis post office opens
  3. 1898Post officeThe Stoneridge post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Gillis post office closes
  6. 1903Post officeThe Stoneridge post office closes
  7. 1927On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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 map

Watson Township on the map, 1927 to 1973

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

Watson Township on the 1927 USGS mapWatson Township on the 1930 USGS mapWatson Township on the 1966 USGS mapWatson Township on the 1973 USGS map1927Tidioute 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 Watson Township.

People over time

Watson Township, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 322

Between 230 and 322 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Deerfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLimestone TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant TownshipIts storyCCherry Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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, 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.