Half of East Nottingham Township’s homes were built after 1999
More historic than 16% of U.S. towns · #1,015 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Most of East Nottingham Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1930.
What drives East Nottingham Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, East Nottingham Township is more historic than 16% of U.S. towns, #1,015 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 Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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 (±2.4 points) is firm at this size.
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 Nottingham 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 and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Elk Dale
1849–1877
Chrome
1870–1909
Barnsley
1887–1950
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BarnsleyChromeElkdaleHopewellMaple Grove
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside East Nottingham Township
ElkridgeMount Olivet Methodist Protestant Church
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
East Nottingham Township on the map, 1904 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Nottingham Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Coatesville 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 Nottingham Township.
The story
How East Nottingham Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of East Nottingham Township.
The township is named after Nottinghamshire, England. The township was originally disputed territory between Pennsylvania and Maryland, which was resolved with the development of the Mason–Dixon line.
Half of the current township formed part of the northern section of Susquehanna Manor, a large settlement tract as part of Maryland belonging to George Talbot, nephew of Lord Baltimore, which he later named New Connaught after the western province of Connacht in Ireland that courted Irish settlement into the area. The dispute led to heavy Quaker and Scotch-Irish settlement of the area.
The Hopewell Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Questions about East Nottingham Township’s history
How does East Nottingham Township rank for history?
East Nottingham Township is more historic than 16% of U.S. towns, #1,015 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 Nottingham Township?
4% of East Nottingham Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.4 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1999.
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 Wikidata (1), 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) 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.
