Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1924 on and the census since 1920.
The Lewis Run post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1911.
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 Lewis Run’s history is told.
Peaked at 844 in 1940; 583 people lived here in 2020.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lewis Run’s Wikipedia page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lewis Run. 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 Lewis Run.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lewis Run yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Lewis Run is a borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 583 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1871. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 617 to 583 (-6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyNobody well known was born in Lewis Run itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Lewis Run post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1911.
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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.
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