Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: old-book passages.
The Foundryville post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 Foundryville’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Foundryville.
A distillery was built in Foundryville in 1800. A school was built in Foundryville in 1810. A charcoal iron furnace was built in the community in 1835. A foundry was built there in 1847, providing the current name for the community.
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Passages that mention Foundryville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
In the year 1800, the first school was opened in the stone church, still standing near Samuel Kelchner's residence. Ten years later a school house was built at Foundryville, when the former school closed and all the pupils in the vicinity attended the Foundryville school. The next house was erected below Berwick, on the land now owned by Daniel Romback. The third school was taught in a dwelling which stood on the land now owned by William Stout The names of the teachers who taught
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In the year 1800, the first school was opened in the stone church, still standing near Samuel Kelchner's residence. Ten years later a school house was built at Foundryville, when the former school closed and all the pupils in the vicinity attended the Foundryville school. The next house was erected below Berwick, on the land now owned by Daniel Romback. The third school was taught in a dwelling which stood on the land now owned by William Stout. The names of the teachers who taught
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.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Foundryville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Foundryville post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikipedia 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.
