What drives Lower Nazareth Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lower Nazareth Township is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #968 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 Lower Nazareth 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 Lower Nazareth 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 (±3.6 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 Lower Nazareth Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hecktown
1827–1915
Hanoverville
1858–1906
Dryland
1885–1906
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HanovervilleHecktownHolloNewburgSmoketownSteuben
Gone or out of use
Church Hill Airportairport
1cemetery inside Lower Nazareth Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Lower Nazareth Township on the map, 1894 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lower Nazareth Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1894Allentown 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 Lower Nazareth Township.
The story so far
Lower Nazareth Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lower Nazareth Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Lower Nazareth Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Lower Nazareth Township was 5,674 at the 2010 census. The township is located in the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,674 to 6,922 (+22%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Lower Nazareth Township, 1827 to 1915
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
How does Lower Nazareth Township rank for history?
Lower Nazareth Township is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #968 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 Lower Nazareth Township?
9% of Lower Nazareth Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.6 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 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.
