Elk Township, located in Warren County, Pennsylvania, was established in 1795. Native Americans of the Seneca tribe of the Iroquois Nation were living along the fertile bottom land of the Allegheny River at that time, but climbed up the mountains to the west, where we live today, for productive hunting expeditions in forests abundant with wild life.

Elk Township is comprised of 45 square miles, has 15.65 miles of roads and a population of 520.

A Museum full of artifacts and displays that explain early life in Elk Township is housed in the larger 1890s classroom.  Here there is a dairy display explaining that most 19^th Century Elk residents lived on family farms with a variety of useful productive animals and features a variety of tools including hand-made wooden stanchions and hay forks, grain grinders and a cream separator.   Over the past two decades, through the untiring work of numerous ETHS community volunteers and generous financial grants from local foundations for materials, this important historic restoration is essentially complete and welcomes visitors.

Read more Elk Township history here.