The story
Read it all →How Dunnstable Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Dunnstable Township.
The Rich-McCormick Woolen Factory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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History · Dunnstable Township
17% of Dunnstable Township’s homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Rich-McCormick Woolen Factory. Below: maps from 1921 on and the census since 1980.
1on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Dunnstable Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Dunnstable Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dunnstable Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Dunnstable Township on the map, 1921 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dunnstable Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1921Lock Haven 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 Dunnstable Township.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the National Register
1 historic place in Dunnstable Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Rich-McCormick Woolen Factory
Buildings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Dunnstable Township, census by census
Between 846 and 1,008 people in every census since 1980.
5 censuses, 1980–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dunnstable Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Dunnstable Township
Nobody well known was born in Dunnstable Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Crestmont
Gone or out of use
Deise Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Dunnstable Township
CriderRest Haven Memorial ParkRichSaint Johns
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Dunnstable Township’s history
What is on the National Register in Dunnstable Township?
One place: the Rich-McCormick Woolen Factory (listed 1985).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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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). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.