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History · Leroy

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

LeRoy Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 632 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 718 to 635 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Leroy 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Leroy’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Leroy

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Gregory La CavaGregory La CavaTowanda · 15 miCarlyle BlackwellCarlyle BlackwellTroy · 8 miWrexie LeonardWrexie LeonardTroy · 8 miAndrew James Louis BrennanAndrew James Louis BrennanTowanda · 15 miPBPat BallardTroy · 8 miElise MercurElise MercurTowanda · 15 mi
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Leroy, 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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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Leroy is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Leroy has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Methodist Episcopal Church of Burlington in West Burlington, 10.1 miles away.

Leroy and the nearest listed places

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Methodist Episcopal Church of BurlingtonVan Dyne Civic BuildingTroy Public High SchoolForksville Covered BridgeHillsgrove Covered BridgeKnapp's Covered Bridge

Closest to Leroy

Methodist Episcopal Church of BurlingtonWest Burlington · Building10.1miVan Dyne Civic BuildingTroy · Victorian10.2miTroy Public High SchoolTroy · Colonial Revival10.4miForksville Covered BridgeForksville · Burr Truss12.6miHillsgrove Covered BridgeHillsgrove · Burr Truss13mi

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. Methodist Episcopal Church of Burlington’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Leroy?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Leroy’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.

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