Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1901 on, and the census since 2000.
The Morrisville post office opened in 1821, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Morrisville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Morrisville.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Morrisville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Morrisville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,265 at the 2010 census.
Its first post office opened in 1821. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,265 to 1,209 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Morrisville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
"Waynesburg, the county seat, a place of some 3,400 inhabitants, with Perryville and Morrisville a little to the east and lower down the stream, are the only places of importance. The Washington and Waynesburg railroad inters the township by the Ten Mile Creek valley. On a commanding eminence to the north of the town a beautiful cemetery has been laid out and planted with evergreens aTid shrubs, and to it many who had been buried in the old buryground to the east of the town, and from a burying place on the
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.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1938Mr. King's home. King Farms, near Morrisville, Pennsy…
1938Picket line at the King Farm strike. Near Morrisville…
1938Agricultural workers on strike at the King Farm near …
1938Girl in the picket line at the King Farm strike. Morr…
1938Members of the picket line at the King Farm strike. M…
1938Pennsylvania motor police on duty at the King Farm du…No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Morrisville’s page.
Retake this view · +15The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 1,209 and 1,443 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Morrisville’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Morrisville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Morrisville post office opened in 1821, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 the Library of Congress (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
