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History · Wharton Township

Wharton Township’s post office opened in 1839, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 2000.

1839first post office
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Quick answers

How Wharton Township began

When was Wharton Township founded?

1839

The Wharton Township post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Wharton (1839), Conrad (1887) and Logue (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 91 in 20002020 census: 117187 years
Founding year: the first Wharton Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wharton Township’s past

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

Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Wharton Township, and 7 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Wharton Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1839: 187 years of Wharton Township.Old housesHalf of Wharton Township’s homes were built before 1964.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Wharton
1839–1944
Conrad
1887–1943
Logue
1891–1915
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Berge RunConradFive PointsHammersleyJamisonLogueWharton
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wharton Township
BrooksMcFallWharton

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

Help out

Start Wharton Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wharton Township’s history is told.

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Timeline

Wharton Township, 1839 to 1947

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Wharton post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Conrad post office opens
  4. 1891Post officeThe Logue post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1915Post officeThe Logue post office closes
  7. 1943Post officeThe Conrad post office closes
  8. 1944Post officeThe Wharton post office closes
  9. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Wharton Township, in brief

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

Wharton Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 119 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1839. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 99 to 117 (+18%).

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

By decade

Wharton Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Untitled photo2018Untitled photoEast Fork Sinnemahoning Creek at2015East Fork Sinnemahoning Creek atPennsylvania State Route 8722013Pennsylvania State Route 872Pennsylvania State Route 8722013Pennsylvania State Route 872Caution Natural Gas Drilling2010Caution Natural Gas DrillingMap of Potter County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Wharton Township2008Map of Potter County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Whart…Map
On the map

Wharton Township on the map, 1947 to 1994

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

Wharton Township on the 1947 USGS mapWharton Township on the 1950 USGS mapWharton Township on the 1971 USGS mapWharton Township on the 1994 USGS map1947Conrad sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Wharton Township.

People over time

Wharton Township, census by census

010020002020Peak: 119

Between 91 and 119 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Wharton Township

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

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Riki LindhomeAmerican actress · b. 1979
Joseph T. McNarneyUnited States Army general · b. 1893
Josh KinneyAmerican baseball player · b. 1979
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William A. ShearAmerican arachnologist and myriapodologist · b. 1942
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Lee GambleAmerican baseball player · b. 1910
Lillian LewisAmerican stage actor · b. 1852
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Leidy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSummit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPortage TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSylvania TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStewardson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAbbott TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wharton Township’s history

What year was Wharton Township founded?

The Wharton Township post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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. 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.