Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Kutztown University was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2013. Below: maps from 1909 on.
Kutztown University dates its founding to 1866 (Wikidata).
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 Kutztown University’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kutztown University. 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 Kutztown University.
From Wikipedia’s history of Kutztown University.
On September 15, 1866, the Keystone State Normal School was established on what is now the site of Old Main. The needs of a burgeoning industrialization in the region placed more and more demands on teacher preparation, and in 1928, the institution was designated Kutztown State Teacher's College and authorized to confer the bachelor's degree.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Kutztown University itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1866, according to Wikidata.
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 Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
