On its age, its old homes and the National Register, East Drumore Township is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns, #928 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of East Drumore 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 East Drumore Township’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.
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 (±7.7 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 Drumore Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Unicorn
1802–1903
Mechanic Grove
1845–1920
Puseyville
1848–1861
Oakbottom
1897–1903
18001910today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Mechanic GrovePuseyvilleUnicorn
Gone or out of use
Mechanics Grove Post Officepost officePuseyville Post Officepost officeRohrer AirportairportTanglewood Airportairport
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside East Drumore Township
Mechanic Grove Church of the BrethrenMechanic Grove MennoniteMount Hope United MethodistQuarryvilleSaint Catherines Roman Catholic
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
East Drumore Township on the map, 1912 to 1999
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Drumore Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1912Quarryville 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 East Drumore Township.
The story so far
East Drumore Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of East Drumore Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
East Drumore Township is a township in south central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,903. It is part of the Solanco School District.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,791 to 3,936 (+4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
East Drumore Township, 1802 to 1920
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
East Drumore Township is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns, #928 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.
How old are the homes in East Drumore Township?
12% of East Drumore Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.7 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1978.
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 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.
