Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Young Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
BHistory
History · Young Township

30% of Young Township’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 58% of U.S. towns. What drives it

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
Quick answers

Where Young Township’s name came from

How did Young Township get its name?

Young Township was named after John Young, the first president judge of Indiana county.

How historic is Young Township?

B

More historic than 58% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
History grade

What drives Young Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Young Township is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Young Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194030.3% of homes (±6.6) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%ANational RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 58%
NewerOlder

Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Young Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.6 points).

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Young 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 Young Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Young Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Young Township’s homes were built before 1960.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Young Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

West Lebanon
1846–today
Elders Ridge
1858–1922
Iselin
1904–1960
McIntyre
1911–today
Clune
1923–today
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Coal RunElders RidgeIselinMcIntyreWest Lebanon
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Young Township
CovenenterIselinRidge ViewWest Lebanon

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

The story so far

Young Township, in brief

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

Young Township is a township that is located in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named after John Young, the first president judge of Indiana county. The population was 1,709 at the time of the 2020 census. It includes the communities of Clarksburg, Coal Run (or Clune), Elders Ridge, Iselin, McIntyre, Scotland, Watson's Ridge, and West Lebanon, along with the "ghost towns" of Hart Town, Whiskey Run and Nesbitt Run.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,775 to 1,688 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Young Township, 1846 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1846Post officeThe West Lebanon post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Elders Ridge post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Iselin post office opens
  6. 1922Post officeThe Elders Ridge post office closes
  7. 1925Born herePaul Wass is born here
  8. 1960Post officeThe Iselin post office closes
By decade

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.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Black Lick TownshipIts storyC+Armstrong Township1 historic placeB−JacksonvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townConemaugh TownshipIts storyBSouth Bend TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Young Township’s history

How does Young Township rank for history?

Young Township is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Young Township?

30% of Young Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.6 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1960.

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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).

From Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.