Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBelow: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1909 on, and the census since 1930.
The East Butler post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1927.
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 East Butler’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Butler. 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 East Butler.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of East Butler yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
East Butler is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, East Butler had a population of 764.
Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 732 to 764 (+4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention East Butler, cut from the printed page as they were published.
East Butler, in Summit Township, had its inception in 1903, when a number of business men of Butler organized the Butler Land and Improvement Company. The town was incorporated March 19, 1927.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
the Stevenson and Bach farms on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at the present site of East Butler, and the third was the John Doerr farm in Butler Township south of the borough line. The Adams farm at Wick Station on the Bessemer road was also offered. On January 25, 1899, the commissioners considered a resolution to the effect that the John Doerr farm of two hundred acres could be purchased at the price of $70 per acre. The board: was hopelessly divided on
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.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. 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 East Butler’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 521 and 1,007 people in every census since 1930.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on East Butler’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in East Butler itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The East Butler post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1927.
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (2), 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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