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History · West Township

26% of West Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0

What stands out about West 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 West Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s West Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how West Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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

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

Cottage
1844–1917
Wilsonia
1861–1869
Neffs Mills
1865–1942
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CottageMooresvilleNeffs Mills
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside West Township
MooresvilleWilson

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

The story so far

West Township, in brief

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

West Township is a township that is located in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 517 at the time of the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 571 to 515 (-10%).

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

Timeline

West Township, 1844 to 1942

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1844Post officeThe Cottage post office opens
  3. 1861Post officeThe Wilsonia post office opens
  4. 1865Post officeThe Neffs Mills post office opens
  5. 1869Post officeThe Wilsonia post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1917Post officeThe Cottage post office closes
  8. 1942Post officeThe Neffs Mills post office closes
By decade

West Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
PA 305 wb entering Mooresville, Aug. 20242024PA 305 wb entering Mooresville, Aug. 2024PA 305 wb entering Cottage, Aug. 20242024PA 305 wb entering Cottage, Aug. 2024Pennsylvania State Route 3052014Pennsylvania State Route 305Pennsylvania State Route 3052014Pennsylvania State Route 305Pennsylvania State Route 3052014Pennsylvania State Route 305Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting2008Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania HighlightingMap
People over time

West Township, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 571

Between 517 and 571 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to West Township

Nobody well known was born in West 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
Henry Adams ThompsonAmerican politician · b. 1837
Horace PorterUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient and… · b. 1837
Thomas Conrad PorterAmerican botanist · b. 1822
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Barree Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLogan Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOneida TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about West 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. 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.