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

Ward Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 222 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 166 to 228 (+37%). Half of its homes were built before 1987.

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

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Famous people close to Ward

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Carlyle BlackwellCarlyle BlackwellTroy · 9 miWrexie LeonardWrexie LeonardTroy · 9 miTheodore Fitz RandolphTheodore Fitz RandolphMansfield · 10 miPBPat BallardTroy · 9 miClark Moses LeibleeClark Moses LeibleeTroy · 9 miTMTom M. MitchellBlossburg · 7 mi
By decade

Ward, 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 Ward is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ward has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Van Dyne Civic Building in Troy, 9.6 miles away.

Ward and the nearest listed places

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Van Dyne Civic BuildingTroy Public High SchoolMansfield ArmoryMethodist Episcopal Church of BurlingtonButtonwood Covered BridgeBridge in Lewis Township

Closest to Ward

Van Dyne Civic BuildingTroy · Building9.6miTroy Public High SchoolTroy · Building9.7miMansfield ArmoryMansfield · Building10miMethodist Episcopal Church of BurlingtonWest Burlington · Building16.5miButtonwood Covered BridgeJackson · Built 189816.8mi

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. Van Dyne Civic Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ward?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ward’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
📜 Armenia📜 Canton📜 Alba📜 Hamilton
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