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

Steuben Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 773 at the 2020 census, down from 804 at the 2010 census and 908 in 2000.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 804 to 775 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Steuben 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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Steuben, 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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Today2 photos
Pennsylvania State Route 8CommonsPennsylvania State Route 82014Summer ArchiveCommonsSummer Archive2008
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Steuben is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Steuben has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bridge in Oil Creek Township in Oil Creek, 8 miles away.

Steuben and the nearest listed places

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Bridge in Oil Creek TownshipTitusville Historic DistrictTitusville Iron Works Historic DistrictTitusville City HallBridge in Cherrytree TownshipDrake Oil Well

Closest to Steuben

Bridge in Oil Creek TownshipOil Creek · Structure8miTitusville Historic DistrictTitusville · District9.1miTitusville Iron Works Historic DistrictTitusville · District9.3miTitusville City HallTitusville · Building9.3miBridge in Cherrytree TownshipTitusville · Built 188210.4mi

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. Bridge in Oil Creek Township’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Steuben?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Steuben’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
📜 Townville📜 Athens📜 Centerville📜 Troy

From Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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