On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Leacock Township is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns, #760 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 Leacock Township’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 Leacock 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 (±6.7 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 Leacock Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Gordonville Post Officepost officeIntercourse Post Officepost office
14cemeteries and burying grounds inside Leacock Township
Basehoar / BashoreChrist Episcopal ChurchConrad Rutter Memorial GardenEby HomesteadGordonvilleHorst FamilyIntercourse United MethodistJoseph Rutter and Barbara Glenn FamilyLightner - SharpOld Leacock Presbyterian ChurchPequea Old Order MennoniteRidgeview Mennonite ChurchSharpWeavertown Amish - Mennonite
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Leacock Township on the map, 1906 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Leacock Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1906New Holland 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 Leacock Township.
The story so far
Leacock Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Leacock Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Leacock-Leola-Bareville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 6,625. The area is heavily populated by the Amish and Mennonites. Bareville is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Intercourse, Blue Ball, Lititz, Mount Joy, Bird-in-Hand and Paradise.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,220 to 5,652 (+8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Leacock Township, 1828 to 1934
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Leacock Township is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns, #760 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 Leacock Township?
22% of Leacock Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.7 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1976.
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 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.
