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Crown’s post office opened in 1888

Most of Crown was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1922 on.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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How Crown began

When was Crown founded?

1888

The Crown post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 201138 years
Founding year: the first Crown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Crown’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 Crown are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19224 editions of the USGS map, 1922 to 1973. Watch Crown change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crown’s history is told.

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On the map

Crown on the map, 1922 to 1973

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

Crown on the 1922 USGS mapCrown on the 1946 USGS mapCrown on the 1967 USGS mapCrown on the 1973 USGS map1922Tionesta 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 Crown.

The story so far

Crown, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 183 to 201 (+10%).

By decade

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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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

VowinckelIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Crown’s history

What year was Crown founded?

The Crown post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.