Manor Township dates to 1717, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 84% of U.S. towns · #258 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 12 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1912 on, and the census since 2000.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Manor Township is more historic than 84% of U.S. towns, #258 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Manor 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 Manor Township’s 5.5 sits above most of its state (69% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 12 historic buildings outnumber those of 77% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1717.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.3 points).
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Manor 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
Eight other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Washington
1823–1828
Manor
1828–1875
Highville
1850–1909
Creswell
1869–1909
Manorville
1874–1875
Central Manor
1875–1893
Washington Boro
1875–today
Letort
1887–1903
Windom
1889–1915
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Central ManorCreswellFairview ParkGarden HillsHighvilleLetortManor RidgeWashington BoroWest LancasterWest RidgeWindomYoungstown
Gone or out of use
Central Manor AirportairportGarden Spot Air ParkairportHighville Post Officepost officeManor Knoll Personal Use AirportairportWashington Manor Post Officepost office
27family graveyards and cemeteries inside Manor Township
Bender - Immel FamilyBinkley HerrBlue Rock MennoniteCharles FamilyCreswellDietrichGreen MountHabecker MennoniteHerr Cemetery Number 51Herr FamilyHerrHerr Graveyard Number 90Hostetter - Miller - NeffJohn MannKauffmanManor ChurchMasonville MennoniteMillersville MennoniteMillersville Reformed MennoniteNeff - HersheyPointSauderSchockSheep LaneStehman Memorial United Methodist ChurchWashington BoroWitmer Kendig Herr
See all 27
Bender - Immel Family Graveyard · Binkley Herr Cemetery · Blue Rock Mennonite Cemetery · Charles Family Cemetery · Creswell Cemetery · Dietrich Cemetery · Green Mount Cemetery · Habecker Mennonite Cemetery · Herr Cemetery Number 51 · Herr Family Cemetery · Herr Graveyard · Herr Graveyard Number 90 · Hostetter - Miller - Neff Cemetery · John Mann Cemetery · Kauffman Cemetery · Manor Church Cemetery · Masonville Mennonite Cemetery · Millersville Mennonite Cemetery · Millersville Reformed Mennonite Cemetery · Neff - Hershey Cemetery · Point Cemetery · Sauder Cemetery · Schock Cemetery · Sheep Lane Cemetery · Stehman Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery · Washington Boro Cemetery · Witmer Kendig Herr Cemetery
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Manor Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Manor 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.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Manor Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Manor Township is a second-class township in west-central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 21,920.
Manor Township was established in 1717. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 19,612 to 21,849 (+11%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
Manor Township, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Manor Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1912Mc Calls Ferry 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 Manor Township.
Then & 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 - Lancaster County - Manor - ED 36-119, ED 36-120, ED 36-121, 1880
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Manor Township’s page.
In 1717, according to Wikidata. Manor Township’s post office opened in 1823, and the census of 2000 counted 16,498 people here.
How does Manor Township rank for history?
Manor Township is more historic than 84% of U.S. towns, #258 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 Manor Township?
One place: the Windom Mill Farm (listed 1994).
How old are the homes in Manor Township?
10% of Manor Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.3 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1986.
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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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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