On its age, its old homes and the National Register, McCalmont Township is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns. 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 McCalmont 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 McCalmont 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 (±6.5 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 McCalmont Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Peaked at 5,121 in 1900; 1,136 people lived here in 2020.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on McCalmont Township’s Wikipedia page.
The story so far
McCalmont Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of McCalmont Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
McCalmont Township is a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,136 at the 2020 census. It was named for John Swayze McCalmont, president judge of the county at the time.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,082 to 1,137 (+5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
McCalmont Township, 1881 to 1941
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of McCalmont Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1922Du Bois 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 McCalmont Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to McCalmont Township
Nobody well known was born in McCalmont Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
McCalmont Township is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns. 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 McCalmont Township?
29% of McCalmont Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.5 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1980.
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, 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.
