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History · Fawn Lake Forest

Half of Fawn Lake Forest’s homes were built after 1989

Most of Fawn Lake Forest was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1920 on.

0on the National Register
0.8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fawn Lake Forest’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 Fawn Lake Forest are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19204 editions of the USGS map, 1920 to 1994. Watch Fawn Lake Forest change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fawn Lake Forest’s history is told.

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On the map

Fawn Lake Forest on the map, 1920 to 1994

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

Fawn Lake Forest on the 1920 USGS mapFawn Lake Forest on the 1944 USGS mapFawn Lake Forest on the 1983 USGS mapFawn Lake Forest on the 1994 USGS map1920Damascus 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 Fawn Lake Forest.

The story so far

Fawn Lake Forest, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fawn Lake Forest yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Fawn Lake Forest is a census-designated place located in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located north of Pennsylvania Route 590 in northeastern Pike County, near the New York line. As of 2021, Fawn Lake Forest was estimated to have 684 residents in this sleepy development. Staff are outsourced, leading to a lack of pride of ownership in what is delivered to the homeowners in the development.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 755 to 725 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Fawn Lake Forest

Nobody well known was born in Fawn Lake Forest itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Henry Augustus RowlandAmerican physicist · b. 1848
Lyman LemnitzerAmerican general · b. 1899
Jennie Augusta BrownscombeAmerican painter · b. 1850
Mary Dimmick HarrisonSecond wife of the 23rd United States president… · b. 1858
John OlverPolitician in Massachusetts, US · b. 1936
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Florence GoodenoughAmerican psychologist · b. 1886
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

MasthopeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.