Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Greersburg Academy. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1902 on, and the census since 1860.
Darlington dates its founding to 1804 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1860.
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 Darlington’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Darlington. 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 Darlington.
Peaked at 465 in 1930; 249 people lived here in 2020.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Darlington’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Darlington.
Darlington was settled in 1804 and incorporated on March 28, 1820, as Greersburg. The town would subsequently change its name to Darlington on April 6, 1830, due to often being confused by locals with Greensburg, in Westmoreland County. Darlington is named for S. P. Darlington, a merchant from Pittsburgh.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Darlington, cut from the printed page as they were published.
William Walker, wliose maiden name was Darlington, — and who invited some of the oldest inhabitants of the village to her house, to meet me. She was unable to trace back her ancestors more than one or two generations ; and referred me to her halfbrother, John Darlington, who lived on the property of Lord DelamerCj about a mile distant. Darnhall is a small township, containing 8 or 10 farms, about a mile west of Over ; but none of the name of Darlington now live in that township, — and I
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.
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Beaver County - Darlington - ED 4-…
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archivePomological Watercolor POM00000147
In the archiveDarlington PA Presby PHS161
Born hereBrendan McKay is born here3 decades in the archive, from the 1880s to the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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.
1906Sheet 1 of 2Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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 Darlington’s page.
Retake this view · +15The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Darlington’s post office has been open since 1831. Another post office, Griersburg, 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).
In 1804, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Darlington’s post office opened in 1807, and the census of 1860 counted 301 people here.
One place: the Greersburg Academy (listed 1975).
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 (11), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) 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.
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