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More historic than 77% of U.S. towns · #368 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1910.
Ingram dates its founding to 1823 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1910.
More historic than 77% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Ingram is more historic than 77% of U.S. towns, #368 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Ingram’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). 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 →
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 Ingram’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ingram yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Ingram is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,391 at the 2020 census.
Ingram was established in 1823. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,330 in 2010, 3,391 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Peaked at 4,902 in 1970; 3,391 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ingram’s Wikipedia page.
Passages that mention Ingram, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Ingram is situated on that part of Gen. Hand's patent known as the Mount Pleasant tract. The site of the town formed part of a tract of several hundred acres, purchased in 1823 by Thomas Ingram from Nathaniel Burt, of Philadelphia. Ingram was from County Tyrone, Ireland. Thomas Ingram, descended in the third generation from the first proprietor of that name, opened the land to sale and improvement in 1880. The town proper comprises seventeen houses, many of which are large, substantial and attractive in appearance.
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Ingram is situated on that part of Gen. Hand’s patent known as the Mount Pleasant tract. The site of the town formed part of a tract of several hundred acres, purchased in 1823 by Thomas Ingram from Nathaniel Burt, of Phila- •delphia. Ingram was from County Tyrone. Ireland. Thomas Ingram, descended in the third generation from the first proprietor of that name, opened the land to sale and improvement in 1880. The town proper comprises seventeen houses, many of which are large, substantial and attractive in appearance.
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Of those who came later William McMacken settled near the mouth of the tunnel at Ingram station, about 1804. He died there at an advanced age. He had sons James, Joseph, William and John, none of whom reside in the township. At about the same time Andrew Robinson settled half a mile northwest from Ingram station, where he passed the remainder of his long life. His sons were John, Claudius, David, Andrew and James. Of these, John still resides in the township, at the age of eighty. Near to Mr. Robinson, and at about the same time, Owen McCabe settled. He was the father of Col. Robert
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereCharles Morse Stotz is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ingram. 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 Ingram.
Ingram had its own post office from 1890 to 1907.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1823, according to Wikidata. Ingram’s post office opened in 1890, and the census of 1910 counted 2,037 people here.
Ingram is more historic than 77% of U.S. towns, #368 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.
56% of Ingram’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.6 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1938.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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.
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