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Overton’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Overton Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 239 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 247 to 241 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Overton 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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Overton, 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 Overton is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Overton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Forksville Covered Bridge in Forksville, 9.1 miles away.

Overton and the nearest listed places

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Forksville Covered BridgeWorlds End State Park Family Cabin DistrictMethodist Episcopal Church of BurlingtonKnapp's Covered BridgeHillsgrove Covered BridgeBradford County Courthouse

Closest to Overton

Forksville Covered BridgeForksville · Structure9.1miWorlds End State Park Family Cabin DistrictForks · District10.5miMethodist Episcopal Church of BurlingtonWest Burlington · Building11miKnapp's Covered BridgeBurlington · Structure11.6miHillsgrove Covered BridgeHillsgrove · Structure11.9mi

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. Forksville Covered Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Overton?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Overton’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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📜 Franklin📜 Monroe📜 New Albany📜 Elkland
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