The story
Read it all →How Findley Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Findley Township.
Findley Township is named for William Findley, a Pennsylvania congressman.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Findley Township
22% of Findley Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 82% of U.S. towns · #296 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Mercer County Court House. Below: maps from 1913 on and the census since 2000.
1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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About Findley Township’s history
How historic is Findley Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 82% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Findley Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Findley Township is more historic than 82% of U.S. towns, #296 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Findley Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194022.0% of homes (±7.5) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register1 listing, 2 historic buildings, 7.6 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 82%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 71%
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 Findley Township’s 7.6 sits above most of its state (73% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 2 historic buildings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.5 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 →
What stands out about Findley Township’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 Findley Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Findley Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19137 editions of the USGS map, 1913 to 1990. Watch Findley Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Findley Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Irishtown
Pardoe
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Five PointsIrishtownPardoe
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Findley Township
CourtneyFindleyOld FindleySaint Hermenegild ChurchyardSpringfield
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Findley Township on the map, 1913 to 1990
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Findley Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1913Mercer sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Findley Township.
Timeline
Findley Township, 1851 to 1953
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Findley Township, decade by decade
2024
2021
2019
2003
2003On the National Register
1 historic place in Findley Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1998
Mercer County Court House
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Beaux Arts1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Findley Township, census by census
Between 2,305 and 2,910 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Findley Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Findley Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Findley Township’s history
How does Findley Township rank for history?
Findley Township is more historic than 82% of U.S. towns, #296 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. 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.
What is on the National Register in Findley Township?
One place: the Mercer County Court House (listed 1998).
How old are the homes in Findley Township?
22% of Findley Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.5 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1975.
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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).
From Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.