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History · Everson

Everson’s post office opened in 1891, and 55% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 1890.

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How Everson began

When was Everson founded?

1891

The Everson post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1903.

First census: 905 in 18902020 census: 771135 years
Founding year: the first Everson post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1903.The full story ↓

What stands out about Everson’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 Everson are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Everson’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19024 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1973. Watch Everson change.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,988 in 1920; 771 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Everson’s history is told.

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The story

How Everson came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Everson.

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European colonists entered the region in the mid-18th century and encountered an Indigenous community whose leader they referred to as "Jacob." The name was later applied to the waterway that traverses the area, Jacob's Creek, which today forms part of the boundary between Fayette and Westmoreland counties. Early accounts indicate that some of the first permanent non-Indigenous settlers were Mennonites who established what came to be known as the Jacob's Creek Settlement.

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On the map

Everson on the map, 1902 to 1973

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

Everson on the 1902 USGS mapEverson on the 1931 USGS mapEverson on the 1964 USGS mapEverson on the 1973 USGS map1902Connellsville 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 Everson.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Everson in 1882

Passages that mention Everson, cut from the printed page as they were published.

The Hope Mines and Coke- Works, called until recently the Sherrick Mines, are situated about half a mile east of Everson Station, and also east of both the Southwest Pennsylvania and Mount Pleasant Branch Railroads. They were put in operation about ten years ago by Jacob Sherrick, and were sold by …
History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania1882 · page 802Read the page →
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The Hope Mines and Coke- Works, called until recently the Sherrick Mines, are situated about half a mile east of Everson Station, and also east of both the Southwest Pennsylvania and Mount Pleasant Branch Railroads. They were put in operation about ten years ago by Jacob Sherrick, and were sold by him in March, 1881, to the present proprietor, Joseph R. Stauffer, for about eighteen thousand dollars. The

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.

Timeline

Everson, 1891 to 1945

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Everson post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 1,988
  6. 1945Born hereDouglas Robert Nowicki is born here
By decade

Everson, decade by decade

Today6 recent
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People over time

Everson, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,988

Peaked at 1,988 in 1920; 771 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Everson’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Upper Tyrone TownshipIts storyBScottdale2 historic placesA

Questions about Everson’s history

What year was Everson founded?

The Everson post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1903.

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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.