Belfast’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Belfast. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBelfast Township is a township in Fulton County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 1,361 at the 2020 census. It was named after the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,448 to 1,361 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1969.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Belfast yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Belfast’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Belfast’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCabins. Looking NW HABS, 1999: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Belfast
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Belfast, decade by decade
unknown2 items
Nothing in Belfast is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Belfast has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is McConnellsburg Historic District in McConnellsburg, 8.3 miles away.
Belfast and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Henry Gun Factory and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.