Walpack Township dates to 1798, and 5 of its places are on the National Register
5 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 8 buildings.
How Walpack Township began, and where its name came from
When was Walpack Township founded?
Walpack Township dates its founding to 1798 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1828.
How did Walpack Township get its name?
The township is named from a corruption of the Lenape Native America…
5 historic places in Walpack Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Walpack Township’s history
What year was Walpack Township founded?
In 1798, according to Wikidata. Walpack Township’s post office opened in 1828.
What is on the National Register in Walpack Township?
5 listings: 4 buildings, among them the Andrew Snable House (listed 1979, the first), and 1 historic district, the Wallpack Center Historic District, with 8 contributing buildings. 14 historic buildings in all.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (5), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.