The story
Read it all →How Cumberland Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Cumberland Township.
The William Crawford House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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History · Cumberland Township
25% of Cumberland Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 81% of U.S. towns · #306 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Carmichaels Covered Bridge and the William Crawford House. Below: 9 old photos and papers, maps from 1900 on, and the census since 2000.
2on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
9old photos & papers
Quick answers
About Cumberland Township’s history
How historic is Cumberland Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 81% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Cumberland Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Cumberland Township is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns, #306 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. 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 Cumberland Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194024.6% of homes (±7.0) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%A−National Register2 listings, 3.2 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 81%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 71%
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 Cumberland Township’s 3.2 sits near the middle of its state (62% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% 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 (±7.0 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 Cumberland Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Ceylon
Khedive
Paisley
Crucible
Nemacolin
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CeylonCrucibleCumberland VillageFairdaleKhediveLittle ChicagoLive EasyNeil CornerNemacolinPaisleyStringtown
Gone or out of use
Bowlby ShaftmineLong Shaftmine
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cumberland Township
ArmstrongBlakerGladesHornerLaurel PointSaint MarysShepherd Church
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Cumberland Township on the map, 1900 to 1973
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cumberland Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1900Masontown sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cumberland Township.
Timeline
Cumberland Township, 1868 to 1946
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1868Post officeThe Ceylon post office opens
- 1882Post officeThe Khedive post office opens
- 1887Post officeThe Paisley post office opens
- 20th century
- 1900
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1917Post officeThe Ceylon post office closes
- 1917Post officeThe Paisley post office closes
- 1934Post officeThe Khedive post office closes
- 1946
In the archiveBaseball diamond used by miners and families. Buckeye Coal Company, Nemacolin Mine, Nemac…
By decade
Cumberland Township, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1940s9 items
1946Baseball diamond used by miners and families. Buckeye…
1946Coal loading house. Coal is loaded on railroad cars o…
1946Dorr thickener at mine. Buckeye Coal Company, Nemacol…
1946Imhoff tank for disposal of sewage. Buckeye Coal Comp…
1946Joseph Popson, switchboard opertator in underground c…
1946Monument to World War II dead and company housing pro…
1946Rear Admiral Joel T. Boone examines arm of John Ketch…
1946Swamp on grounds of mine. Buckeye Coal Company, Nemac…
1946Tipple of mine. Buckeye Coal Company, Nemacolin Mine,…1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
2022
2022
2021
2014
2014Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewBaseball diamond used by miners and families. Buckeye Coal Company, Nemacolin Mine, Nemacolin, Greene County, Pennsylva…, 1946
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Cumberland Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15On the National Register
2 historic places in Cumberland Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Carmichaels Covered Bridge
BuildingsStructures
Architectural styles listings
Queenpost Truss1
Vernacular Log Dwelling1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Cumberland Township, census by census
Between 6,384 and 6,623 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cumberland Township’s Wikipedia page.
Help out
Finish Cumberland Township’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Jefferson Township3 historic placesAMonongahela Township4 historic placesA−Greene Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLuzerne Township3 historic placesA+German Township1 historic placeADry TavernIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNemacolinIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoncoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrucibleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRices Landing2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Cumberland Township’s history
How does Cumberland Township rank for history?
Cumberland Township is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns, #306 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.
What is on the National Register in Cumberland Township?
Two places: the Carmichaels Covered Bridge (listed 1979) and the William Crawford House (1992).
How old are the homes in Cumberland Township?
25% of Cumberland Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.0 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1959.
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Sources
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (14), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, 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.