Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
New Albany dates its founding to 1819 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Albany’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of New Albany yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
New Albany is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 254 at the 2020 census.
New Albany was established in 1819. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 356 to 251 (-29%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Peaked at 425 in 1900; 251 people lived here in 2020.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on New Albany’s Wikipedia page.
Passages that mention New Albany, cut from the printed page as they were published.
New Albany Borough became the center of interests by the establishment of the oar and handle factory. In 1866 it was laid out in town-plats and incorporated as a borough in 1879. It is an important shipping point on the State Line & Sullivan railroad and contains a rural graded school, two
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people for miles around gathered at Wilcox’s (now Stevenson) to participate in the sports of early days. Miller’s (Laddsburg) and Campbell’s Mills (one-half mile north of New Albany) subsequently became centers. At Miller’s was a hotel, grist-mill and saw-mill, and a school house where -meetings and elections were held. The election place was changed to Campbell’s Mills where meetings were also conducted. New Albany became the center of interests by the
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with which place it is connected by the Sullivan and Erie railroad, which passes through the township, following the valley of the south branch of the Towanda creek, with stations at Laddsburgh, New Albany, and Wilcox. SETTLEMENT. The first settlers up the Fowler branch of the Towanda creek came thereto in the month of April, 1800. They were Ephraim Ladd end his sons, Horatio, Charles W., and
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Albany. 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 New Albany.
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 sheet.
1911Sheet 1 of 2Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
In 1819, according to Wikidata. New Albany’s post office opened in 1822, and the census of 1880 counted 222 people here.
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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.
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