Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Falmouth. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1908Middletown 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 Falmouth.
The story so far
Falmouth, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Falmouth yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Falmouth is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 420, but the 2020 census shows that the population has decreased to 397.
Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 420 to 397 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Falmouth in 1869
Passages that mention Falmouth, cut from the printed page as they were published.
An authentic history of Lancaster County1869 · page 352Read the page →
Read the text
The P. O. are at Bainbridge and Falmouth. The Conestogo Creek is the western boundary of the township, and the Conoy Creek entering near its Eastern boundary, fiows into the Susquelianna at Bainbridge. "The workmen on section No. 18 of the Canal, about two miles east of Bainbridge came upon one end of an old Indian burial ground. The bones had so completely gone to dust, that they could only be distinguished from the natural soil by a difference in color, A great many articles of use and ornament were discovered; there were crocks, hatchets, tomahawks, arrow heads, bullets, buck shot, thimbles, beads, pipes, &c. The pipes are made of clay, and are spoken
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.
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), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.
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