The East Vincent Township post office opened in 1864, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Vincent (1821), East Vincent (1864) and Sheeder (1889), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 2,664 in 19302020 census: 7,433162 years
How historic is East Vincent Township?
B
More historic than 56% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first East Vincent Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives East Vincent Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, East Vincent Township is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns, #650 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of East Vincent 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 Vincent Township’s 10.5 sits above most of its state (78% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 8 historic buildings outnumber those of 74% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Vincent 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
Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Vincent
1821–1901
East Vincent
1864–1872
Sheeder
1889–1935
Slonaker
1890–1901
Pennhurst
1915–1934
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bartons MeadowsCentre Creek EstatesHaverfieldHiestandMillers Mobile Home ParkOakwood FarmsPennhurstSeven StarsSheederSlonakerStoney Run FarmsStony Run Mobile Home Park
Gone or out of use
Gingrich AirportairportVincent Post Officepost office
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside East Vincent Township
East Vincent ReformedRevolutionary SoldiersSaint Vincent United Church of ChristVincent MennoniteVincent Mennonite ChurchZion Lutheran Church
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Vincent Township’s history is told.
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Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Vincent Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1906Phoenixville 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 Vincent Township.
The story
How East Vincent Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of East Vincent Township.
In 1686, Dr. Daniel Coxe received a land patent from William Penn. Major Robert Thompson and he owned what is now East and West Vincent. In 1733, the German Reformed Congregation of Vincent Township was formed. Two years later, in 1735, the Vincent Mennonite Meeting was formed. In that same year, Garrett Brumbaugh established a tavern on Ridge Road.
In 1737, Nicholas Kaiser opened a grist mill near the mouth of Pigeon Creek, which was the beginning of the township's formation. However, nine years later in 1746, all lands in Vincent were leased and were not available for sale, because of a land dispute. There were 46 renters.
The East Vincent Township post office opened in 1864, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does East Vincent Township rank for history?
East Vincent Township is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns, #650 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.
What is on the National Register in East Vincent Township?
5 listings: 2 buildings, 1 historic district, the Parker's Ford, with 5 contributing buildings, and 2 structures. 8 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in East Vincent Township?
10% of East Vincent 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 1991.
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), the National Register of Historic Places (5), Wikipedia, 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.
