Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Hyde was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 1990.
The Hyde post office opened in 1904, 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 Hyde’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hyde yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Hyde is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,303 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1904. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,399 to 1,303 (-7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Hyde, cut from the printed page as they were published.
interests, he engaged in a meat market business, in conjunction with which he conducted a hotel at New Holland, Lancaster county, but in 1904 became proprietor of the Hyde City Hotel, at Hyde City, Pa., from whence he came to Karthaus in December, 1908, to become owner of the Potter House. He has continued to conduct this hostelry to the pres-
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hyde. 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 Hyde.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 1,303 and 1,643 people in every census since 1990.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hyde’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Hyde itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Hyde post office opened in 1904, 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, U.S. Census counts (via 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.
