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Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1886 on, and the census since 1850.
Conneautville dates its founding to 1814 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1850.
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 Conneautville’s history is told.
Peaked at 1,177 in 1950; 739 people lived here in 2020.
18 censuses, 1850–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Conneautville’s Wikipedia page.
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
1886Sheet 1 of 1Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
From Wikipedia’s history of Conneautville.
Conneautville was founded in 1814 by Alexander Power, a surveyor and engineer. Conneautville was first called "Powerstown" or made reference to as "Power's Tract". Power wanted it called "Conneautville" after the Seneca name Conneaut or Conneautee, meaning "Snow Place" according to one interpretation.
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Passages that mention Conneautville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Building on Chestnut Street, and the express was brought from Erie by stage over the Plank Road. Upon the construction of the Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad in 1859-60, the American changed its route and brought the Meadville express matter from Conneautville. The American continued its office in Meadville until the opening of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad in October, 1862, when it withdrew from this field.
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factured the wooden plows then in use. Mr. Gowdy was Colonel of militia in 1812, and commanded his regiment at Erie during the construction of Perry’s fleet. He died on the farm he settled. James Christy settled about a mile southeast from Conneautville, and remained there through life. Jacob Lefevre was both farmer and tanner, residing near Conneautville. John Fulwiler dwelt also in that vicinity; his cabin stood on what is now the Conneautville fair ground. Benjamin Beartield was a distiller by trade. He lived about a mile northeast from Dicksonburg, and afterward moved West. John
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.
Born hereJohn T. Rich is born here
Born hereHoward Truesdale is born here
Born hereEffie Louise Power is born here
In the archiveNinety and nine or the lost sheep
In the archiveAug 27 1923
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey2 decades in the archive, from the 1870s to the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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2003WEST PORTAL. - Center Street Bridge, Spanning Conneat…
2003WEST PORTAL WITH BUILDER'S PLATE- 1896 BUILT BY THE Y…
2003WEST APPROACH WITH PORTAL AND SITE CONTEXT. - Center …
2003VIEW WEST FROM INSIDE TRUSS. - Center Street Bridge, …
2003SOUTH ELEVATION. - Center Street Bridge, Spanning Con…
2003IRON POST AND RAILING DETAILS AT SOUTHWEST CORNER. - …
2003EAST PORTAL WITH APPROACH ROAD. - Center Street Bridg…
2003DETAIL INCLINED END POST, PIN CONNECTIONS, LATTICE WO…
2003BELOW DECK VIEW, LOOKING TO EAST ABUTMENT WITH DECK H…
2003ABUTMENT AND OUTRIGGER DETAIL FOR WALKWAY. - Center S…Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Conneautville. 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 Conneautville.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Conneautville’s page.
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Conneautville’s post office has been open since 1827. Another post office, Conneattsville, 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).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1814, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Conneautville’s post office opened in 1822, and the census of 1850 counted 787 people here.
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 →
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