The story
Read it all →How East Brunswick Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of East Brunswick Township.
The New Ringgold Gristmill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · East Brunswick Township
21% of East Brunswick Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 76% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the New Ringgold Gristmill. Below: maps from 1909 on.
1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
About East Brunswick Township’s history
How historic is East Brunswick Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 76% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives East Brunswick Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, East Brunswick Township is more historic than 76% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of East Brunswick Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraAge sits out for East Brunswick Township: no founding date holds up well enough to grade on–Homes built before 194020.9% of homes (±4.2) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register1 listing, 4.6 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 76%
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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 East Brunswick Township’s 4.6 sits above most of its state (66% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.2 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 East Brunswick Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s East Brunswick Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of East Brunswick Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19097 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1992. Watch East Brunswick Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
McKeansburg
Drehersville
Hecla
Hecla
Rauchs
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DrehersvilleHeclaMcKeansburgRauschsRene Mont
Gone or out of use
Neon Airportairport
1cemetery inside East Brunswick Township
Friedens Lutheran
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start East Brunswick Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Brunswick Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
East Brunswick Township on the map, 1909 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Brunswick Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1909Hamburg 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 East Brunswick Township.
Timeline
East Brunswick Township, 1820 to 1963
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1820Post officeThe McKeansburg post office opens
- 1851Post officeThe Drehersville post office opens
- 1859Post officeThe Hecla post office opens
- 1861Post officeThe Hecla post office closes
- 20th century
- 1909
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1936Post officeThe Drehersville post office closes
- 1963Post officeThe McKeansburg post office closes
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 East Brunswick 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
1978
New Ringgold Gristmill
Buildings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to East Brunswick Township
Nobody well known was born in East Brunswick Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about East Brunswick Township’s history
How does East Brunswick Township rank for history?
East Brunswick Township is more historic than 76% 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 East Brunswick Township?
One place: the New Ringgold Gristmill (listed 1978).
How old are the homes in East Brunswick Township?
21% of East Brunswick Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.2 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1986.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.