Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 44% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of New Stanton was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1902 on, and the census since 1970.
The New Stanton post office opened in 1841, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 44% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, New Stanton is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 New Stanton’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.
Founding year: the first post office (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 →
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 Stanton’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Stanton. 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 Stanton.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of New Stanton yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Its first post office opened in 1841. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,173 to 2,339 (+8%).
2 decades in the archive, from the 1930s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2024PA 66 sb at mp 0.0, May 2024
2023Late-Night Sheetz Run
2021Christmas lights on Chanticleer Circle
2019Pennsylvania Turnpike as seen from rear of Econo Lodg…
2019PA Turnpike
2019Farm buildings alongside Pennsylvania Turnpike as see…
2013Int70eRoad-Exit57-Exit58-Int70Int76Pike-ThreeEighthsM…
2013Exits Zero A-B
2011New Stanton Pennsylvania 2011
200976-junction-70No 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 New Stanton’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 1,781 and 2,600 people in every census since 1970.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on New Stanton’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in New Stanton itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
New Stanton’s post office has been open since 1841.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The New Stanton post office opened in 1841, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
New Stanton is more historic than 44% 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.
7% of New Stanton’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.2 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1974.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (12), 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.
