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More historic than 68% of U.S. towns · #499 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1889 on, and the census since 1870.
Dunmore dates its founding to 1783 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1870.
More historic than 68% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Dunmore is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns, #499 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Dunmore’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 →
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 Dunmore’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dunmore. 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 Dunmore.
Peaked at 23,086 in 1940; 14,042 people lived here in 2020.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dunmore’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Dunmore.
The first European to set foot on Dunmore soil was Count Zinzendorf of Saxony, in 1742, as a missionary to the native people who were Munsee-speaking Lenape.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Dunmore, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Victor Burschel acquired his early education in the public schools of Dunmore and is also a graduate of Wood’s Business College. He was employed by the Erie Railroad Company as station agent at Dunmore for several years, and was later assistant auditor of the company at Dunmore.
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time he purchased the Minooka Coal Company at Minooka, Pa. This company was incorporated and he became secretary and treasurer. In 1912 he disposed of his interests and two years later founded the Quinn Coal Company of Dunmore. In 1916 he purchased a mine at Pittston, which he sold in 1927. In 1922 Mr. Quinn purchased the Consol Breaker at Avoca, Pa., and still operates that mine. In that year the company was incorporated as the Quinn Coal Company with Mr. Quinn as secretary and treasurer. He is also a director of the Anthracite Coal Com-
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Hillside HoiLE On April 9th, 1862, a law was enacted by the legislature "to authorize the erection of a poorhouse by the borough of Dunmore, borough of Scranton and township of Providence." The corporators and first commissioners were Edward Spencer, of Dunmore ; Joseph Slocum and David K. Kressler, of Scranton ; and Henry
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*Gaul, Wm A, car and con, Scranton, W Side P O, Mt Dew Sc; b June 14, 1854 in Dunmore. In 1901 he pur present home from Geo R Wandel for $600, where they moved July 15, the same year. The first house, a small 3-room bldg, was erected
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.
Born hereHarry P. O'Neill is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveDunmore, Pennsylvania
In the archiveModerne Bauformen JG 5 - 0161
Born hereVic Fangio is born here
Born hereChristopher F. Burne is born here2 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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 Dunmore’s page.
Retake this view · +15Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Dunmore had its own post office from 1849 to 1902. Another post office, Nayaug, 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).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1783, according to Wikidata. Dunmore’s post office opened in 1849, and the census of 1870 counted 4,311 people here.
Dunmore is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns, #499 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.
46% of Dunmore’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.9 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1944.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (8), 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 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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