On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Croyle Township is more historic than 84% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Croyle 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 Croyle Township’s 4.3 sits above most of its state (65% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±11.3 points).
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 →
What stands out about Croyle Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Lovett, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
FishertownNew GermanyRockvilleSidmanSoukesburg
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Croyle Township
CarpenterDunmire FarmFordSaint AnthonySaint JamesSaint MarysSaint Michael ByzantineSouth Fork
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Croyle Township on the map, 1904 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Croyle Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Johnstown 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 Croyle Township.
The story so far
Croyle Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Croyle Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Croyle Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,307 at the 2020 census, down from 2,339 at the 2010 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,339 in 2010, 2,307 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Croyle Township, 1892 to 1904
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Croyle Township is more historic than 84% of U.S. towns. 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.
What is on the National Register in Croyle Township?
One place: the Johnstown Flood National Memorial (listed 2024).
How old are the homes in Croyle Township?
31% of Croyle Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±11.3 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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
