History · Keating

Keating’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Keating. 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

Keating Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 289 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 312 to 286 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1972.

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

Nothing in Keating is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Keating has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Austin Dam in Austin, 4.4 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. Austin Dam’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Keating?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Keating’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

From Wikimedia Commons (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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