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History · Cambria Township

2 of Cambria Township’s places are on the National Register

Its Register listings are the Plana School and the Welsh Presbyterian Church. Most of Cambria Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1894 on.

2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cambria 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 Cambria Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1985. Watch Cambria Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cambria Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cambria Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Cambria Township on the map, 1894 to 1985

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

Cambria Township on the 1894 USGS mapCambria Township on the 1952 USGS mapCambria Township on the 1985 USGS map1894Columbia 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 Cambria Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Plana
1887–1927
Tacoma Park
1914–1951
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
PlanaTacoma Park

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

The story so far

Cambria Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 125 to 119 (-5%).

Timeline

Cambria Township, 1887 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Plana post office opens
  3. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1912BuiltPlana School is built
  6. 1914Post officeThe Tacoma Park post office opens
  7. 1927Post officeThe Plana post office closes
  8. 1951Post officeThe Tacoma Park 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.

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Cambria Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1995
Welsh Presbyterian Church
Plana School, built 1912Welsh Presbyterian Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Bungalow/Craftsman1
Plana SchoolBungalow/Craftsman · Built 1912
All 2 listings
Welsh Presbyterian ChurchBuilding · listed 1995

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Putney TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOrdway TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townColumbia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHenry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cambria Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Cambria Township?

Two places: the Plana School (listed 1995) and the Welsh Presbyterian Church (1995).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.