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History · East Taylor Township

20% of East Taylor Township’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 46% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1904 on.

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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About East Taylor Township’s history

How historic is East Taylor Township?

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More historic than 46% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives East Taylor Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, East Taylor Township is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns. 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 Taylor Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194020.4% of homes (±6.5) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 46%
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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 Taylor 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 (±6.5 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 Taylor Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of East Taylor Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s East Taylor Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19045 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1993. Watch East Taylor Township change.Old burying grounds12 cemeteries and burying grounds inside East Taylor Township.
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Start East Taylor Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Taylor Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Mineral Point
1855–today
Parkhill
1917–1984
Eastmont
1930–1935
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EchoGoods CornerMineral PointParkhillWesley ChapelWest Point
12cemeteries and burying grounds inside East Taylor Township
AngusAssumptionBartlebaughHeadrick UnionHoly Trinity Byzantine CatholicMount UnionSacred HeartSaint John the Baptist Orthodox ChurchSaint PetkaSaint VladamirSaints Peter and PaulWesley Chapel

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

East Taylor Township on the map, 1904 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Taylor Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

East Taylor Township on the 1904 USGS mapEast Taylor Township on the 1964 USGS mapEast Taylor Township on the 1972 USGS mapEast Taylor Township on the 1981 USGS mapEast Taylor Township on the 1993 USGS map1904Johnstown 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 Taylor Township.

The story so far

East Taylor Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of East Taylor Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

East Taylor Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,726 at the 2010 census, unchanged since the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,726 to 2,422 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

East Taylor Township, 1855 to 1984

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Mineral Point post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1917Post officeThe Parkhill post office opens
  6. 1930Post officeThe Eastmont post office opens
  7. 1935Post officeThe Eastmont post office closes
  8. 1984Post officeThe Parkhill post office closes
By decade

East Taylor Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Parkhill Mele Street2015Parkhill Mele StreetEast Taylor Township, PA, USA2015East Taylor Township, PA, USAEarly moring fog2015Early moring fogLate Fall in Mineral point2014Late Fall in Mineral pointLate Fall in Mineral point - panoramio (1)2014Late Fall in Mineral point - panoramio (1)Hinkston Dam flooding2007Hinkston Dam flooding
Famous people

Famous people close to East Taylor Township

Nobody well known was born in East Taylor Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Charles BronsonAmerican actor · b. 1921
Carroll BakerAmerican actress · b. 1931
Steve DitkoAmerican comics artist · b. 1927
Alex AzarAmerican politician · b. 1967
Michael NovakAmerican theologian, philosopher, journalist, n… · b. 1933
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Tim KazurinskyAmerican actor · b. 1950
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Conemaugh Township1 historic placeB+Middle Taylor Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJohnstown11 historic placesA+East ConemaughIts storyBFranklinIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCroyle Township1 historic placeA−South ForkIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about East Taylor Township’s history

How does East Taylor Township rank for history?

East Taylor Township is more historic than 46% 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.

How old are the homes in East Taylor Township?

20% of East Taylor Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.5 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1959.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.