Founding year: the first Kulpmont post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1915.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Kulpmont’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Kulpmont is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #878 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Kulpmont’s overall grade.
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 Kulpmont’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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1915 falls in the same era, so the grade doesn’t depend on which one is used.
Founding year: the first post office (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 →
What stands out about Kulpmont’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The land that would become Kulpmont was originally part of expansive tracts held by major mining interests within the Western Middle Anthracite Field. Unlike many neighboring patch towns, which were built and strictly governed by a single coal company, Kulpmont developed as an open residential hub. This development was spearheaded by Monroe Henry Kulp, a prominent local businessman and U.S. Congressman who acquired the land to create a community for miners working at nearby facilities including the Scott Colliery and Sayre Colliery.
The Kulpmont post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1915.
How does Kulpmont rank for history?
Kulpmont is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #878 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 Kulpmont?
40% of Kulpmont’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.8 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1947.
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 (1), Wikipedia, 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 Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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