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History · White Township

Half of White Township’s homes were built after 1987

Most of White Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1902 on.

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Photo: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks, probably Burt Ellsworth, the staff photographer · CC BY-SA 3.0

What stands out about White 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 White Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19025 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1994. Watch White Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how White Township’s history is told.

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On the map

White Township on the map, 1902 to 1994

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

White Township on the 1902 USGS mapWhite Township on the 1961 USGS mapWhite Township on the 1972 USGS mapWhite Township on the 1981 USGS mapWhite Township on the 1994 USGS map1902Patton 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 White Township.

The story so far

White Township, in brief

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

White Township is a township that is located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 836 at the time of the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 836 to 931 (+11%).

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

Timeline

White Township, 1876 to 1902

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Fiske post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Fiske post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902On 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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Famous people

Famous people close to White Township

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

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Rembert WeaklandAmerican archbishop · b. 1927
Edgar M. CortrightSenior NASA official-administrator and engineer… · b. 1923
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Fern MichaelsAmerican writer · b. 1933
Lawrence FlickAmerican medical researcher · b. 1856
Raymond M. FuossUS chemist · b. 1905
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Tim ThompsonAmerican baseball player · b. 1924
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
FiskeLongs Crossroad
1cemetery inside White Township
Beaver Valley

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.

Reade TownshipIts storyBFlintonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChest TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClearfield TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about White 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.