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Welcome to
Bloss Township
Blossburg Borough
in
Tioga County PA
Bloss Township was formed in 1841 from Covington
Blossburg Borough was formed from Bloss Township in 1871
Bloss Township Histories
Bloss Township &  Arnot History 1883
1883 Biographies
Blossburg History 1883
Bloss History 1885
Bloss Borough History 1885
Bloss Township History 1897 Bloss Borough History 1897 Bloss Biographies 1897
Bloss Township Articles
1884 G. H. Brown Shoots C. M. Elliott
1944 - Bloss Hospital Emerges from Polio Epidemic
Bloss Hospital Additions ca 1956-57
Bloss Hospital Closed 1972
1931 The Polish Mound in Blossburg - Woodrow Wilson Memorial
Coal Discovered in Bloss
Bloss Township Postcards & Photos
William B. Wilson and Highway 1976 for 2026 - Time Capsule
1874 Blossburg Views 1910 Bloss Postcards by O'Donnell
Bloss Hospital Photos Arnot Train Depot
Williamson Road Bloss Postcards
Bloss Churches Bloss Postcards - Streets
Arnot Postcards
Local Resources for Historians Blossburg PA Website Blossburg Memorial Library
Post Offices
Blossburgh PO (1827 - 1894)
Blossburg PO (1894 - present) 
Arnot PO (1867 - present)
Landrus (1882 - 1914)
Hardtmoor (1886-1891)
Villages Past & Present
Blossburg Borough
Arnot
Bloss Township Census Records
 
1800 Census, Tyoga Township, Lycoming County
1810
1820 Covington Township Census
1830 Covington Township Census
1840 Covington Township Census
1850 Bloss Township Census Records (REL)
1850 Bloss Township Census Transcription (FM)
1860 Bloss Township Census 1880 Bloss Township Census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 (Volunteers Needed)
1870 Bloss Township Census 1880 Arnot Census
Bloss Township Directories
1899 Tioga County Directory - Bloss Township  1899 Tioga County Directory - Blossburg Borough
1908 Tioga County Directory- Bloss Township 1908 Tioga County Directory- Blossburg Borough
Bloss Township Tax Records
1812 Tioga Township Taxables
Bloss Township and Blossburg Borough Cemetery Listings and Obituaries
GPS coordinates included where available
Arnot Cemetery [See Swedish Lutheran] Blossburg Cemetery (Oldest)(1970s) [Same as Union]
Old Union Cemetery (1970s)
41.66626 -77.05657    Deeded
Old Blossburg Obituaries
GPS Coordinates included - Latitude / Longitude
OLD Lists NEW Lists Obituary Pages
Arbon Cemetery [Odd Fellows] (1970s)
Deeded
 [2009] [3426 burials] 
41.67053 -77.05669
Arbon Cemetery Obituaries
Maple Hill Cemetery (1975)
Deeded
 [2005]
41.68985/ -77.17068
Maple Hill Cemetery Obituaries
St. Mary's Polish Catholic Cemetery (1970s)
Deeded as St. Mary's Polish Cemetery
2009 - We hope
41.67205 -77.05801
St. Mary's Polish Catholic Cemetery Obituaries
St. Andrews Cemetery (1970s)  (2008)
41.66570 -77.05637
St. Andrew's Cemetery Obituaries
Swedish Lutheran Cemetery (1975) in Arnot
Deeded as Swedish Cemetery
[ 2007]
41.65503/ -77.11993
Swedish Lutheran Obituaries
Bloss Township Schools
1899 Blossburg Business College St. Mary's School
Arnot Consolidated School Blossburg Brick School (High School)
1935 Bloss High Burns Down 1936 Valedictory Speech
1904 Swamp School
1875 School Districts
Arnot Graded School Swedish School (Arnot) 1899 Directory Blossburg High School
Landrus School (Branch of Arnot)
1900 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1900 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1901 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1901 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1902 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1902 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1903 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1903 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1904 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1904 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1905 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1905 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1906 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1906 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1907 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1907 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1908 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1908 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1909 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1909 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1910 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1910 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1912 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1912 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
1917 Bloss Teachers & Directors 1917 Blossburg Teachers & Directors
Wellsboro Gazette – May 29, 1912
--The graduating exercises of the class of 1912 of the Blossburg High School were held at 2 o’clock on Monday afternoon.  The class numbers twelve:  Arthur McCarty, President; Margaret Landrus, Vice-President; John F. Keefe, Secretary; Ethel Martin, Treasurer; Martha Martin, Anna Walker, Vera Mooers, Marle Harer, Ralph Greenhaigh, Mary Johnson, Marie Blake and Minnie Bauman.
Bloss Township Business Histories & Photos
1899 Bloss & Blossburg Businesses Ward Manufacturing
Atlantic Tea Store Advertisement D. O. Merrick & Brother, Dentists (1879)
W.S. Merrell Bus 1920s Dr. Silas D. Molyneux 1918
John Jones Store in Blossburg 1914
Hotels in Bloss Township
Hotel Bloss Seymour House
Sheffer House Keefe House
Photographers in Bloss Township
E. Musselman 1866-1872 Russell & Beeles, Blossburg & Troy
Russell & Fudge Russell, Blossburg's Photographer
O'Donnell Wilkerson H. Gates
George Webber
Bloss Township Organizations
1897 Arnot Societies Aylesworth Hose Company
1897 Blossburg Societies 1899 Societies Bloss Township
1899 Societies Blossburg Borough
2002 Bloss Fire Department
Bloss Township Churches
Histories, Records, Photos
Presbyterian Churches of Arnot & Morris Run 1899 Church List From Directory
Postcard Photos of Churches 1917 Dedication of New Catholic Church
Bloss Township Family Bible Records
Soper - Purvis Bible
Bloss Township Families & Individuals,
Genealogies, Photos
Annie VIELE Lloyd, Octogenarian, is Feminist at Heart
Elizabeth SAUNDERS & John RENNIE
John L. Sexton, historian, newspaper editor, and his family
Mary GOLDEN And Family
Bloss Area Marriage Clippings
Mooney Family Descendants
Township Resident Photo Album
Township Diaries & Letters
Bloss Township Wills, Deeds, Legal Documents 
1887 Will of Sarah "Hughes"
1909 Will of William Lloyd
1942 Land Agreement O'Donnell - Schultz
(Coal Mining Rights)
Bloss Township Military Records
Roy Thomas - WW1 Casualty
1890 - Sophronia PURVIS Soper Pension Papers
Bloss Township Sports 
1902 Arnot Champion Football Team
Bloss Township Population Statisticss 
1887 - Bloss Township Incl. Arnot = 2814 1891 - Bloss Township = 2550
1887 - Arnot Town (Village) = 2783 1891 - Blossburg Borough = 2568
1887 - Blossburg Borough = 2140 1900 - Bloss Township = 3231
County Population Statistics 1810 - 1992 1900 - Blossburg Borough = 2423