History · Grampian

Grampian’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Grampian. 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

Grampian is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 361 as of the 2020 census. The community was named after the Grampian Mountains, in Scotland, the ancestral home of an early settler.

Grampian was established in 1805. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 356 people in 2010, 361 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grampian 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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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Grampian is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Grampian has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bridge in Greenwood Township in Greenwood, 4.1 miles away.

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. Bridge in Greenwood Township’s page links to a real one.
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Then & now

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