Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 59% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1893 on.
The Eaton Township post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name. Seven smaller post offices, Eaton (1829), South Eaton (1854) and Eatonville (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
More historic than 59% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Eaton Township is more historic than 59% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Eaton 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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Seven other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eaton Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eaton Township. 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 Eaton Township.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eaton Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Eaton Township is a township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,438 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1829. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,519 to 1,435 (-6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveMap of warranty-deed land tracts in the western part of Wyoming County, Pa
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wyoming County - Eaton - ED 66-3
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey2 decades in the archive, from the 1850s to the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2026PA 292 eb entering Eaton Township, July 2026
2026Farm building ruins along PA 292, Eaton Township, Jul…
2026Barn along PA 292, Eaton Township, July 2026
2015Rest stop on Pennsylvania Route 29
2015Pennsylvania State Route 29
2015Pennsylvania State Route 29
2015Pennsylvania Route 29 south in Eaton Township, Wyomin…
2015Pennsylvania Route 29 north in Eaton Township, Wyomin…
2015Miller Mountain in Eaton Township, Wyoming County, Pe…
2015Bowman Creek looking downstream in Eaton Township, Wy…
2009Pennsylvania State Route 29
2009Pennsylvania State Route 29No 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 Eaton Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Eaton Township post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Eaton Township is more historic than 59% 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.
18% of Eaton Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.0 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1976.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (14), 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.
