Curtin’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Curtin. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCurtin Township is a township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 500 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 618 to 494 (-20%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Curtin 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 Curtin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Curtin’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGingher House (Ruins), Legislativ…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Curtin, decade by decade
2000
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Gingher House (Ruins), Legislative Route 14010 (Boggs Township) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.