Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 67% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listings are the David Shields House, the Fulton Log House and the Nicholas Way House. Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 1910.
Edgeworth dates its founding to 1904 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1910.
More historic than 67% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Edgeworth is more historic than 67% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls 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 Edgeworth’s 18.9 sits above most of its state (82% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 3 listings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikidata (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.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edgeworth’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Edgeworth. 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 Edgeworth.
From Wikipedia’s history of Edgeworth.
Edgeworth was established in 1904 and took its name from the Edgeworth Seminary, a school for girls that had relocated there in 1836. The school was named in honor of Irish writer Maria Edgeworth. From early on, it became a bedroom community for managers and professionals escaping the industrial pollution of Pittsburgh.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Edgeworth, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The region is famous for the beauty of its natural scenery, its healthfulness and salubrity, while the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad renders it accessible from all parts of the country. The stations of Fair Oaks, Leetsdale, Shields, Edgeworth, Quaker Valley, Roseburg and Sewickley are all within the limits of Leet township, and at each there is a village, while the Beaver road is virtually lined with handsome residences. Fair Oaks, at the western extremity of the township, is the location of a Baptist church, constituted in 1877. The Leetsdale Presbyterian Church was organized August 1,
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereCharles B. McVay, Jr. is born here
Born hereJ. Twing Brooks is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
2016William-walker-house-relocation-edgeworth-pa
2014Shields Mausoleum, Edgeworth, 2014-12-26, 02
2014Shields Mausoleum, Edgeworth, 2014-12-26, 01
2014Shields Chapel, Edgeworth, 2014-12-26, 01
2014Nevin Plaque 28352
2009NicholasWayHouse
2009DavidShieldsHouse
2008ShildsChapelGraceEpiscopalEdgworthPit
2007Map of Allegheny County PA HighlightingMapFire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.
1925Sheet 1 of 3Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 1,229 and 2,200 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Edgeworth’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1904, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1910 counted 1,229 people here.
Edgeworth is more historic than 67% 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.
Three places: the David Shields House (listed 1975), the Fulton Log House (1975) and the Nicholas Way House (1978).
47% of Edgeworth’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.8 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1943.
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 (9), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the USGS Geographic Names Information System, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
