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Main Street Laceyville PennsylvaniaPhoto: Staib · CC BY 4.0
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History · Laceyville

Laceyville dates to 1766, and 39% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1947 on, and the census since 1910.

1766founded
0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Laceyville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Laceyville began

When was Laceyville founded?

1766

Laceyville dates its founding to 1766 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 479 in 19102020 census: 361260 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1842.

What stands out about Laceyville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Older than the countryEstablished in 1766, 10 years before the Declaration of Independence.Old housesHalf of Laceyville’s homes were built before 1956.
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Start Laceyville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Laceyville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewR(ural) F(ree) D(elivery), Laceyville, …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Laceyville, 1766 to 1947

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1766
    FoundingLaceyville is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1842Post officeThe Laceyville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1907In the archiveR(ural) F(ree) D(elivery), Laceyville, Pa
  7. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Laceyville, in brief

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

Laceyville is a borough that is located in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 363 at the time of the 2020 census.

Laceyville was established in 1766. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 379 to 361 (-5%).

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

By decade

Laceyville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s2 items
R(ural) F(ree) D(elivery), Laceyville, Pa1907R(ural) F(ree) D(elivery), Laceyville, PaR(ural) F(ree) D(elivery), Laceyville, Pa1907R(ural) F(ree) D(elivery), Laceyville, Pa
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today4 recent
PA Bradford county Wyoming county Laceyville city Susquehanna river IMG 18852012PA Bradford county Wyoming county Laceyville city Sus…US Route 6 - Pennsylvania2009US Route 6 - PennsylvaniaAbandoned grocery2007Abandoned groceryUS Route 6 - Pennsylvania2005US Route 6 - Pennsylvania
On the map

Laceyville on the map, 1947 to 1998

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

Laceyville on the 1947 USGS mapLaceyville on the 1969 USGS mapLaceyville on the 1998 USGS map1947Laceyville sheet · 1:24,000

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

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

R(ural) F(ree) D(elivery), Laceyville, Pa
Retake this viewR(ural) F(ree) D(elivery), Laceyville, Pa, 1907

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Laceyville’s page.

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People over time

Laceyville, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 505

Between 361 and 505 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Laceyville’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Braintrim TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Laceyville’s history

What year was Laceyville founded?

In 1766, according to Wikidata. Laceyville’s post office opened in 1842, and the census of 1910 counted 479 people here.

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.