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History · Carroll Township

Half of Carroll Township’s homes were built after 1987

More historic than 14% of U.S. towns · #1,026 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Most of Carroll Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1907 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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About Carroll Township’s history

How historic is Carroll Township?

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More historic than 14% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives Carroll Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Carroll Township is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #1,026 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Carroll Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19403.0% of homes (±2.4) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%C−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 14%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)#1,026 of 1,035

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 Carroll 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 (±2.4 points) is firm at this size.

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 Carroll Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Carroll Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19075 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1973. Watch Carroll Township change.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Carroll Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carroll Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Carroll Township on the map, 1907 to 1973

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Carroll Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Carroll Township on the 1907 USGS mapCarroll Township on the 1943 USGS mapCarroll Township on the 1952 USGS mapCarroll Township on the 1968 USGS mapCarroll Township on the 1973 USGS map1907New Bloomfield sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Carroll Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, Dromgold, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Shermans Dale
1851–today
Dromgold
1897–1905
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Crums CornersDromgoldShermans Dale
Gone or out of use
Carlisle Squadron 305 Civil Air Patrol AirportairportYost Airportairport

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Carroll Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Carroll Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Carroll Township is a second class township in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,238 at the 2020 census. It is one of twenty-two (22) townships in Perry County and one of 1,456 townships in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 5,269 in 2010, 5,238 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Carroll Township in 1922

Passages that mention Carroll Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Mount Pisgah Lutheran Church. The Mount Pisgah Lutheran Church was erected on the site of Sutch’s schoolhouse, in Carroll Township, which was built some time between 1775 and 1780, and in which the early residents of that community first worshiped. It was located on the southeast side of Sherman’s …
History Of Perry County, Pennsylvania1922 · page 943Read the page →
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Mount Pisgah Lutheran Church. The Mount Pisgah Lutheran Church was erected on the site of Sutch’s schoolhouse, in Carroll Township, which was built some time between 1775 and 1780, and in which the early residents of that community first worshiped. It was located on the southeast side of Sherman’s Creek, not far from what was known as Billow’s mill.

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Their church is located in Carroll Township, on the southern side of Sherman’s Creek, and is near the site of Sutch’s schoolhouse, which was built between 1775 and 1780. ‘There is an old graveyard there where many pioneers sleep. In 1842 Abraham Jacobs donated a lot for church purposes, with a prov…
History Of Perry County, Pennsylvania1922 · page 307Read the page →
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Their church is located in Carroll Township, on the southern side of Sherman’s Creek, and is near the site of Sutch’s schoolhouse, which was built between 1775 and 1780. ‘There is an old graveyard there where many pioneers sleep. In 1842 Abraham Jacobs donated a lot for church purposes, with a proviso that when the Lutherans were not using it for their services it was to be available for any Christian denomination. A frame church was built and dedicated September 24, 1842. Its pastors were:

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.

Timeline

Carroll Township, 1816 to 1907

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1816Born hereStephen Miller is born here
  3. 1851Post officeThe Shermans Dale post office opens
  4. 1897Post officeThe Dromgold post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905Post officeThe Dromgold post office closes
  7. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Carroll Township, decade by decade

Today15 recent
Valley Road Park, Carroll Township, Perry County, PA, July 20252025Valley Road Park, Carroll Township, Perry County, PA,…Shermans Dale, PA Community Fire Company, July 20252025Shermans Dale, PA Community Fire Company, July 2025Paige Hill Road wb, Carroll Township, Perry County, PA, July 20252025Paige Hill Road wb, Carroll Township, Perry County, P…PA 850 eb past PA 34, July 20252025PA 850 eb past PA 34, July 2025PA 850 eb entering Dromgold, July 20252025PA 850 eb entering Dromgold, July 2025PA 850 eb approaching PA 34 nb, July 20252025PA 850 eb approaching PA 34 nb, July 2025PA 34 sb-PA 850 eb, Shermans Dale, July 20252025PA 34 sb-PA 850 eb, Shermans Dale, July 2025PA 34 sb-PA 850 eb, Dromgold, July 20252025PA 34 sb-PA 850 eb, Dromgold, July 2025PA 34 sb-PA 850 eb entering Shermans Dale, July 20252025PA 34 sb-PA 850 eb entering Shermans Dale, July 2025PA 34 sb-PA 850 eb approaching roundabout, Shermans Dale, July 20252025PA 34 sb-PA 850 eb approaching roundabout, Shermans D…Jericho Road wb entering Carroll Township, Perry County, PA, July 20252025Jericho Road wb entering Carroll Township, Perry Coun…Grace Evangelical Church, Dromgold, PA, July 20252025Grace Evangelical Church, Dromgold, PA, July 20252021-10-28 14 27 08 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 34 (Spring Road) at Pennsylvania State Route 274 (New Blo…20212021-10-28 14 27 08 View north along Pennsylvania Sta…Pennsylvania State Route 342013Pennsylvania State Route 34Pennsylvania State Route 342013Pennsylvania State Route 34
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Spring TownshipIts storyBWheatfield Township1 historic placeB−Middlesex TownshipIts storyCRye TownshipIts storyC−Centre Township1 historic placeA−North Middleton Township2 historic placesB+

Questions about Carroll Township’s history

How does Carroll Township rank for history?

Carroll Township is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #1,026 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 Carroll Township?

3% of Carroll Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.4 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1987.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (15), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.