Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dixonville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902Indiana 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 Dixonville.
The story so far
Dixonville, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dixonville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Dixonville is an unincorporated community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The area is recorded as the "Dicksonville" census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 467 at the 2010 census. The CDP lies mostly on the western edge of Green Township, though a small portion extends west into Rayne Township.
Its first post office opened in 1868.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Dixonville in 1913
Passages that mention Dixonville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
conducting a general store in Dixonville for four years, and then engaged in the carpenter business. For some time he was in this business for himself, but later accepted a position as boss carpenter with the Dixon Coal Company, of Dixonville, and has acted in this capacity for the last four years.
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Pittsburg for a short time before coming to Starford, where he resides. Besides the church at that place he administers to the parish of the Sacred Heart at Dixonville, St. John the Baptist parish at Heilwood and St. Anthony parish at Clymer, Pa. His labors are diversified and arduous, but he has attended faithfully to the many demands made
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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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 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.
