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Colerain’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Colerain. 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

Colerain Township is a township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,132 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,195 to 1,132 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Colerain 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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Colerain, 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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Today2 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Colerain is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Colerain has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bedford Springs Hotel Historic District in Bedford, 4.4 miles away.

Colerain and the nearest listed places

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Bedford Springs Hotel Historic DistrictBedford County Alms HouseBarclay HouseBridge in Snake Spring TownshipRussell HouseBedford Historic District

Closest to Colerain

Bedford Springs Hotel Historic DistrictBedford · District4.4miBedford County Alms HouseBedford · District4.5miBarclay HouseBedford · Building6.1miBridge in Snake Spring TownshipSnake Spring · Structure6.2miRussell HouseBedford · Building6.2mi

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. Bedford Springs Hotel Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Colerain?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Colerain’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Rainsburg📜 Bedford📜 Harrison📜 Manns Choice

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