The Dunkard Township post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Davistown (1849), Dunkard (1852) and Wiley (1865), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 2,358 in 20002020 census: 2,177174 years
How historic is Dunkard Township?
B+
More historic than 72% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Dunkard Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Dunkard Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Dunkard Township is more historic than 72% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Dunkard 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 Dunkard 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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Dunkard Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dunkard Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Dunkard Township is a township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,173 at the 2020 census. Dunkard Township takes its name from Dunkard Creek, which runs through it.
Its first post office opened in 1852. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,372 to 2,177 (-8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Dunkard Township, 1849 to 1978
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dunkard Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1900Masontown 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 Dunkard Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Dunkard Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
The Dunkard Township post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Dunkard Township rank for history?
Dunkard Township is more historic than 72% 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 Dunkard Township?
One place: the Marion Bridge (listed 1988).
How old are the homes in Dunkard Township?
40% of Dunkard Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.1 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1950.
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 (1), 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.
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