Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1969 on and the census since 1880.
Atwood dates its founding to 1860 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Atwood’s history is told.
Peaked at 191 in 1910; 112 people lived here in 2020.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Atwood’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Atwood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Atwood is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 112 at the 2020 census.
Atwood was established in 1860. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 107 to 112 (+5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Atwood, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Early in ^Lirch, 1873, Rev. Andrew \'irtue began to preach to the Presbyterians in the schoolhouse at the village of Atwood. and in September, 1874, the church was regularly organized with the following members : A. A.
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The locality of the Patrick Farrell tract may be identified by the town of Atwood, which is situated J about equi-distant from its northern and southern lines, in the western part of the tract, and about sixty rods east of its western line, which is the boundary between it and the Samuel Fisher tract.
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born in Wayne township, August 23, 1826, died December 7, 1882, after a long life of usefulness. After their marriage this couple resided upon the farm and in the village of Dayton until their removal to Atwood, where Mr. Marshall entered the mercantile business, in which he was engaged for nine years, until 1879, when he moved to his new farm residence, where he still lives. He owns about 125 acres of land adjoining Atwood. This village
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Atwood was made a borough in 1884, the first burgess being J. C Cuddy, who was also the hotelkeeper. Dr. C. P. McAdoo was located here from 1883 to 1890. Dr. D. T. Mc- Kinney is the present physician, coming here in 1898. Porter M. Clark is the present burgess.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Atwood.
1969Rural Valley sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Atwood.
Atwood had its own post office from 1868 to 1932.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1860, according to Wikidata. Atwood’s post office opened in 1868, and the census of 1880 counted 149 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
