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From Wikipedia’s history of Manor.
Manor metamorphosed from the original railroad stop, Manor Station, into the borough it is today.
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Manor dates to 1873, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 30% of U.S. towns · #945 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1890.
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0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers
How Manor began
When was Manor founded?
1873
Manor dates its founding to 1873 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1890.
First census: 578 in 18902020 census: 3,585153 years
How historic is Manor?
C
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 30% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1856.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Manor’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Manor is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #945 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Manor’s overall grade.
Founding era1873, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194011.5% of homes (±8.1) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 30%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 9%
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’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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.1 points). Two sources give 1873.
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’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Manor’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Manor’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.On the map
Manor on the map, 1904 to 1979
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Manor. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Greensburg 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 Manor.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Manor in 1906
Passages that mention Manor, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania1906 · page 54Read the page →
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torial work, and was general manager until the fall of 1882, when they sold the paper. They then purchased a large coal field in the vicinity of i'leasant Unity, which they subsequently sold to Williant Thaw, of Pittsburg. They afterwards purchased three thousand acres of gas coal lands in Manor Valley, antl were instrumental in the building of the Manor Valley railroad, and promoting the Manor Gas Coal Company, in which they held an interest until 1886, since which time Mr. Kline has been dealing in real estate in Westmoreland and A\- legheny counties. During the year 1889 Mr. Kline and his brother. Dr. Kline,
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
History of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania1906 · page 172Read the page →
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in attending school in the winter and assisting with the varied duties of the farm during the remainder of the year. When seventeen years of age he left his home and went to Greensburg in order to learn the trade of carpenter, and for five years thereafter worked at the same, having located at Manor station some eight miles from the county seat. In the fall of 1879 he took up his resi-
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.
Timeline
Manor, 1856 to 1947
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1856Post officeThe Manor Station post office opens
- 1873FoundingManor is established
- 20th century
- 1902Post officeThe Manor Station post office closes
- 1902Post officeThe Manor post office opens
- 1904
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1947Born hereAllen Kukovich is born here
By decade
Manor, decade by decade
2018
2018
2018
2008Every building
Manor, building by building, 1904–1909
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
1904Sheet 1 of 2Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
People over time
Manor, census by census
Grew from 578 people in 1890 to 3,585 in 2020, 6 times over.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Manor’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices
Manor’s post office has been open since 1902. Another post office, Manor Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Manor Station
Manor
18501940today
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Manor’s history
What year was Manor founded?
In 1873, according to Wikidata. Manor’s post office opened in 1856, and the census of 1890 counted 578 people here.
How does Manor rank for history?
Manor is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #945 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 Manor?
12% of Manor’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.1 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1984.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) 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.