Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 2000.
The Gastonville post office opened in 1884, 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 Gastonville’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gastonville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Gastonville.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gastonville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Gastonville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,818 at the 2010 census.
Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,818 to 2,554 (-9%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Between 2,554 and 3,002 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Gastonville’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Gastonville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Gastonville post office opened in 1884, 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
