Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1900.
Connoquenessing dates its founding to 1795 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1900.
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 Connoquenessing’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Connoquenessing. 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 Connoquenessing.
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 SurveyWikipedia doesn’t have a history of Connoquenessing yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Connoquenessing is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Connoquenessing had a population of 668.
Connoquenessing was established in 1795. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 528 to 668 (+27%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Connoquenessing, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Whitestown in the oldest village of Connoquenessing Township, dating back to 1799, when Matthew White established a tannery and tavern at this point. It was after the death of this pioneer that his son, Edward White had the town laid out in lots, in 1813. The latter succeeded his father as tavern keeper, and was in turn succeeded by a relative named Matthew White, who conducted the tavern until 1831, when a wave of temperance struck the village and resulted in the tavern being closed. In 1859, a brick building was
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L803, inclusive, amounted only to $456.51. The trustees of Butler county in 1800 were Abdiel McLure, James Amberson and William Elliott, who received for their year's labors the sum of $3-3. 87j4- The tax levy in the original township of Connoquenessing in 1800 was $17(5.99; in 1801, $204.06; in 1802, $450.53; and in 1803, $452.92, or a total of $1,234.50 for the four years.
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ing ground of the Indians, who named the creek Big Beaver run ; while the French knew it as Casse-cou-anse or Breakneck creek, — a name adopted by travelers between Fort Duquesne and Fort Maehault, and by the English speaking pioneers of the original township of Connoquenessing. From 1804 to 1886, the location was often called Boggs' Mill, and in later years Evansburg. In 1880 it was a little hamlet, credited with a population of sixty-eight ; in 1890, there were 637 persons enumerated, and at the beginning of 1894, it was generally credited with a population of 1,000. The assessed value of property, January 1, 1894, was
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During the years intervening between 1804 and 1853, six additional townships were created, making in all nineteen. A line extending from the west line of Butler to the Connoquenessing Creek and thence along that stream to the east line, divided the original Butler Township into North and South Butler. Connoquenessing Township was divided by a north and south line, creating East Connoquenessing and West Connoquenessing. Muddycreek was similarly di-
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.
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2012Conniquenessing, PennsylvaniaBetween 343 and 668 people in every census since 1900.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Connoquenessing’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Connoquenessing itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Another post office, Petersburgh, 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 1795, according to Wikidata. Connoquenessing’s post office opened in 1853, and the census of 1900 counted 343 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 →
From Wikimedia Commons (18), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
