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History · Greenfield

Greenfield’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Greenfield Township is a township in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,785 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,173 to 3,788 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Greenfield 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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Robert PearyRobert PearyCresson · 10 miHedda HopperHedda HopperHollidaysburg · 10 miRonald MallettRonald MallettRoaring Spring · 6 miLen ChappellLen ChappellPortage · 9 miSLSam LaffertyHollidaysburg · 10 miAHAdam HuberHollidaysburg · 10 mi
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Greenfield, 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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Today3 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Greenfield is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Greenfield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Roaring Spring Historic District in Roaring Spring, 6 miles away.

Greenfield and the nearest listed places

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Roaring Spring Historic DistrictAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic SiteBridge in Portage TownshipOsterburg Covered BridgeLilly BridgePortage Historic District

Closest to Greenfield

Roaring Spring Historic DistrictRoaring Spring · District6miAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic SiteJuniata · Built 18318.2miBridge in Portage TownshipPortage · Structure9.3miOsterburg Covered BridgeEast St. Clair · Structure9.5miLilly BridgeLilly · Structure9.6mi

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. Roaring Spring Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Greenfield?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Greenfield’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

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