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Quick answers
About Barrett Township’s history
How historic is Barrett Township?
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More historic than 43% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Barrett Township is more historic than 43% of U.S. towns, #825 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Barrett Township’s overall grade.
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Barrett Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.9 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Barrett Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Covesville, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Covesville
1849–1864
Canadensis
1861–today
Mountainhome
1870–today
Cresco
1880–today
Buck Hill Falls
1903–today
Skytop
1929–today
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Buck Hill FallsCanadensisCovevilleCrescoMountainhomePocono PlayhouseSkytopSpruce Hill
Gone or out of use
Buck Hill Falls Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Barrett Township
Canadensis United MethodistMoravianMountainhome United Methodist ChurchOaklandSeese Hill
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Barrett Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Barrett Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Barrett Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,053 at the 2020 census. Two Poconos resort communities, Buck Hill Falls and Skytop, are located within the township. It is located 38 miles from Scranton and 48 miles from Wilkes-Barre. There is one privately owned, public-use airport in Barrett Township, called the Flying Dollar Airport.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,225 to 4,053 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Barrett Township, 1849 to 1943
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Barrett Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1943Skytop sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Barrett Township.
People over time
Barrett Township, census by census
Between 3,880 and 4,225 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Barrett Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Barrett Township
Nobody well known was born in Barrett Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Barrett Township is more historic than 43% of U.S. towns, #825 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Barrett Township?
18% of Barrett Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.9 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1982.
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).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
