Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 38% of U.S. towns · #881 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Below: maps from 1908 on and old-book passages.
More historic than 38% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Clinton Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #881 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Clinton 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.
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 →
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 Clinton Township’s history is told.
Another post office, Ivywood, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clinton Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Clinton Township.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clinton Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Clinton Township is a township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,913 at the 2020 census. For generations, it was home to a U.S. Steel plant.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,864 in 2010, 2,907 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Clinton Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Clinton Township, which was organized in 1854, out of parts of the original Middlesex and Buffalo Townships, possesses many of the natural features which appeal to those in search of quiet homes, and these were recognized at a very early period in the settlement of the county. It is well watered land, the tributaries of Bull Creek giving necessary moisture, and its soil varies from heavy clay to sandy loam, while its coal deposits, when entirely developed, will probably make this township equal to many others in wealth
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In 1793, Patrick Harvey, as has been seen, selected land in Clinton Township, cleared a small portion in 1794, and brought his family in 1795. George Stinchcomb and George Plants settled here in 1796. They were followed in 1797 by Thomas Watson, a soldier of the Revolution.
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 SurveyNobody well known was born in Clinton Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Clinton Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #881 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.
15% of Clinton Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.4 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1979.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.
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