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History · West Keating Township

16% of West Keating Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 1980.

0on the National Register
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What stands out about West Keating Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

West Keating Township, in brief

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

West Keating Township is a township that is located in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 16 at the time of the 2020 census, which was a decline from the figure of 29 that was tabulated in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 29 to 16 (-45%).

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

Timeline

West Keating Township, 1922 to 1933

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1922Post officeThe Coleman Siding post office opens
  3. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1933Post officeThe Coleman Siding post office closes
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On the map

West Keating Township on the map, 1929 to 1971

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

West Keating Township on the 1929 USGS mapWest Keating Township on the 1932 USGS mapWest Keating Township on the 1959 USGS mapWest Keating Township on the 1971 USGS map1929Karthaus 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 West Keating Township.

People over time

West Keating Township, census by census

0198020002020Peak: 43

Between 16 and 43 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
BirchSpruce
Gone or out of use
New Garden SchoolschoolPerry Moshannon Minemine
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside West Keating Township
GainesGanoeNelsonville

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Burnside TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Keating Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKarthaus TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGibson 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.