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History · Scrubgrass

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

Scrubgrass Township is a township in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 750 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 751 people in 2010, 749 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1978.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Scrubgrass 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 Scrubgrass’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Scrubgrass

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Jane WolfeJane WolfeSt. Petersburg · 7 miAlexander HaysAlexander HaysFranklin · 12 miAlexander McDowellAlexander McDowellFranklin · 12 miJoe PageJoe PageCherry Valley · 4 miFMFrancis Patrick McFarlandFranklin · 12 miJames Soloman BieryJames Soloman BieryEmlenton · 4 mi
By decade

Scrubgrass, 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 Scrubgrass is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Scrubgrass has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rockland Furnace in Rockland, 2.2 miles away.

Scrubgrass and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Scrubgrass. Tap a dot.
Rockland FurnaceEmlenton Historic DistrictBridge in Clinton TownshipWitherup BridgeFoxburg Country Club and Golf CourseMemorial Church of Our Father

Closest to Scrubgrass

Rockland FurnaceRockland · Structure2.2miEmlenton Historic DistrictEmlenton · District3.9miBridge in Clinton TownshipClinton · Structure4.5miWitherup BridgeClinton · Structure4.6miFoxburg Country Club and Golf CourseFoxburg · Late 19th Century Revival6.6mi

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. Rockland Furnace’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Scrubgrass?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Scrubgrass’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
📜 Cherry Valley📜 Emlenton📜 Clinton📜 Clintonville
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