The Little Britain Township post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name. Ten smaller post offices, Kirks Mills (1812), Little Britain (1826) and Fairmount (1828), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 4,118200 years
How historic is Little Britain Township?
A
More historic than 88% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Little Britain Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Little Britain Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Little Britain Township is more historic than 88% of U.S. towns, #212 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Little Britain 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 Little Britain Township’s 28.9 sits above most of its state (84% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 12 historic buildings outnumber those of 77% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.3 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
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 Little Britain Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Kirks Mills Post Officepost officeLittle Britain AirportairportLittle Britain Post Officepost officeOak Hill Post Officepost officeOak Shade Post Officepost officeWood Chromite MinemineWrightsdale Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Little Britain Township
Eastland FriendsFairmount Mennonite Church
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Little Britain Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Little Britain Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Little Britain Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1912Quarryville 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 Little Britain Township.
The story so far
Little Britain Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Little Britain Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Little Britain is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 372.
Its first post office opened in 1826. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 4,106 in 2010, 4,118 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Little Britain Township, 1812 to 1922
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Little Britain Township post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Little Britain Township rank for history?
Little Britain Township is more historic than 88% of U.S. towns, #212 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.
What is on the National Register in Little Britain Township?
One place: the Kirks Mills Historic District (listed 1978).
How old are the homes in Little Britain Township?
21% of Little Britain Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.3 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1984.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
