The story
Read it all →How Manchester Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Manchester Township.
The Equinunk Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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History · Manchester Township
16% of Manchester Township’s homes were built before 1940
Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1920 on.
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
What stands out about Manchester Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Manchester Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19204 editions of the USGS map, 1920 to 1992. Watch Manchester Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Priceville
Braman
Lookout
Stalker
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EquinunkPine MillPricevilleStalker
Gone or out of use
Cooley SchoolschoolHankins SchoolschoolTyler Wood Schoolschool
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Manchester Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Manchester Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Manchester Township on the map, 1920 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Manchester Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1920Long Eddy sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Manchester Township.
Timeline
Manchester Township, 1837 to 1969
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1837Post officeThe Priceville post office opens
- 1871Post officeThe Priceville post office closes
- 1880
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wayne County - Manchester - ED 64-… - 1882Post officeThe Braman post office opens
- 1889Post officeThe Lookout post office opens
- 20th century
- 1919Post officeThe Braman post office closes
- 1920
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1969Post officeThe Lookout post office closes
By decade
Manchester Township, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1880s2 items
18801890s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your albumThen & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wayne County - Manchester - ED 64-22, 1880
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Manchester Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Manchester Township’s history
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
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), Wikipedia, 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.