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History · Jackson Township

14% of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 35% of U.S. towns · #906 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Below: maps from 1904 on.

0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Ron Shawley · CC BY 3.0
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About Jackson Township’s history

How historic is Jackson Township?

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More historic than 35% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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What drives Jackson Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Jackson Township is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns, #906 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Jackson Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194013.8% of homes (±5.7) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%BNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 35%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 12%

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 Jackson Township’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.

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 (±5.7 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 Jackson 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 Jackson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jackson Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19044 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1981. Watch Jackson Township change.Old housesHalf of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jackson Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Vinco
1880–1915
Dearmin
1891–1905
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ChickareeMundys CornerVinco
Gone or out of use
Vinco Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jackson Township
Brown and DevlinsPike Grace Brethren ChurchSaint PaulsSaints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church of America

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Jackson Township on the map, 1904 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jackson Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Jackson Township on the 1904 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1964 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1972 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1981 USGS map1904Johnstown sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Jackson Township.

The story so far

Jackson Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jackson Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Jackson Township is an American township which is located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The population was 4,392 at the time of the 2010 census, down from 4,925 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,392 to 4,236 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Jackson Township, 1880 to 1915

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Vinco post office opens
  3. 1891Post officeThe Dearmin post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1905Post officeThe Dearmin post office closes
  7. 1915Post officeThe Vinco post office closes
By decade

Jackson Township, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Jackson Township

Nobody well known was born in Jackson Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Charles BronsonAmerican actor · b. 1921
Carroll BakerAmerican actress · b. 1931
Steve DitkoAmerican comics artist · b. 1927
Alex AzarAmerican politician · b. 1967
Michael NovakAmerican theologian, philosopher, journalist, n… · b. 1933
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Tim KazurinskyAmerican actor · b. 1950
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Blacklick TownshipIts storyBTwin RocksIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNanty-GloIts storyC+VintondaleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMundys CornerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCroyle Township1 historic placeA−Cambria Township2 historic placesB+West Taylor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Wheatfield TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Jackson Township’s history

How does Jackson Township rank for history?

Jackson Township is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns, #906 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.

How old are the homes in Jackson Township?

14% of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.7 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1963.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (24), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.