Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Little Meadows dates its founding to 1800 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1870.
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 Little Meadows’s history is told.
Lost half of its people between 1890 and 1920, then more than doubled.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Little Meadows’ Wikipedia page.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna County - Apolacon - ED…
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWikipedia doesn’t have a history of Little Meadows yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Little Meadows is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 247 at the 2020 census.
Little Meadows was established in 1800. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 273 to 245 (-10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Little Meadows, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Meadows Railroad," which it is proposed to build from the north branch division of the Lehigh Yalley Railroad Company's river route, at Skinner's Eddy, northward to Owego, with a branch from Little Meadows to Binghamton. Another road is proposed from Binghamton to the coal fields of Sullivan County, and through Sullivan and Lycoming Counties to the city of Williamsport : —
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Meadows Railroad,” which it is proposed to build from the north branch division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company’s river route, at Skinner’s Eddy, northward to Owego, with a branch from Little Meadows to Binghamton. Another road is proposed from Binghamton to the coal fields of Sullivan County, and through Sullivan and Lycoming Counties to the city of Williamsport : — ■
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Belden Read came to Little Meadows about the same year, and engaged in operating a sawmill until his removal, in 1821. John Anderson was also here prior to 1813, his place passing to James House.
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ever business interests in the way of trade and manufacturing have been created have been concentrated in the borough of Friendsville and Little Meadows, where they are separately detailed. For a short time only was a store kept about two miles above the latter village by William Buffum, Cornelius Donnelly and others, and in 1857 the Little Meadows post-office
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Little Meadows. 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 Little Meadows.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Little Meadows’ page.
Retake this view · +15Nobody well known was born in Little Meadows itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1800, according to Wikidata. Little Meadows’ post office opened in 1833, and the census of 1870 counted 133 people here.
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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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