The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusNapier Township is a township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,031 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,198 to 2,031 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Napier 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 Napier’s history is told.
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Napier, decade by decade
Before
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
3 historic places in Napier
3 places in Napier are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In Pennsylvaniaby listings · most towns there have none
3places listed2 buildings · 1 other
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
4historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1979first listedBonnet's Tavern · newest: Chestnut Ridge and Schellsburg Union Church and Cemetery, 2005
Where they are
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When they were listed
The Register began in 1966.
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Listed 1979Bonnet's TavernListed 1980Heirline Covered BridgeListed 2005Chestnut Ridge and Schellsburg Union Church and Cemetery
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.