The Chippewa Township post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Chippewa (1844), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 6,654 in 19702020 census: 8,042182 years
How historic is Chippewa Township?
B−
More historic than 53% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Chippewa Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Chippewa Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Chippewa Township is more historic than 53% of U.S. towns, #702 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Chippewa 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 Chippewa 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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.7 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Chippewa Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chippewa Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902New Castle 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 Chippewa Township.
Timeline
Chippewa Township, 1844 to 1902
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chippewa Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Chippewa Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,040 at the 2020 census. The township shares the ZIP Code of nearby Beaver Falls. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Its first post office opened in 1844. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 7,620 to 8,042 (+6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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The Chippewa Township post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Chippewa Township rank for history?
Chippewa Township is more historic than 53% of U.S. towns, #702 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 Chippewa Township?
13% of Chippewa Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.7 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1965.
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.
