Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Carnot-Moon was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971.
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 Carnot-Moon’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Carnot-Moon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Carnot-Moon is a census-designated place (CDP) in central Moon Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,151 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 11,372 to 13,151 (+16%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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.
Nobody well known was born in Carnot-Moon itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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 →
