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History · Cass

Cass’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Cass. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Cass Township is a township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,014 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,119 to 1,018 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cass 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.

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Cass, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today6 photos
Trinity Evangelical Fellowship, Cass Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, Aug. 2024CommonsTrinity Evangelical Fellowship, Cass Twp., Huntingdon Co., …2024PA 829 nb entering Union Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, Aug. 2024CommonsPA 829 nb entering Union Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, Aug. 20242024PA 829 nb entering Cassville, Aug. 2024CommonsPA 829 nb entering Cassville, Aug. 20242024PA 655 nb at PA 829, Aug. 2024CommonsPA 655 nb at PA 829, Aug. 20242024Cass Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA municipal building, Aug. 2024CommonsCass Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA municipal building, Aug. 20242024Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Cass TownshipMapMap of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Cass To…2008
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Cass is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cass has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is East Broad Top Railroad in Todd, 4 miles away.

Cass and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Cass. Tap a dot.
East Broad Top RailroadBaker BridgeParadise FurnaceHudson Grist MillRobertsdale Historic DistrictRunk Bridge

Closest to Cass

East Broad Top RailroadTodd · District4miBaker BridgeTodd · Structure4.2miParadise FurnaceTodd · District4.7miHudson Grist MillSaltillo · Building5.5miRobertsdale Historic DistrictWood · Built 18738.1mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. East Broad Top Railroad’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cass?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cass’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons