On its age, its old homes and the National Register, North Beaver Township is more historic than 74% of U.S. towns, #423 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of North Beaver 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 North Beaver Township’s 7.6 sits above most of its state (73% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% 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 (±4.3 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 North Beaver Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Mount Jackson
1816–1909
Moravia
1865–1917
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CovertsDerringer CornersJackson Knolls GardensMoraviaMount JacksonSunnysideWillow Grove
Gone or out of use
Evans AirportairportGwin Airportairport
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside North Beaver Township
Bethel ChurchMount Jackson Battery B Methodist Episcopal Church HillMount JacksonWestfield Presbyterian
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
North Beaver Township on the map, 1902 to 1990
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of North Beaver Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902New Castle 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 North Beaver Township.
The story
How North Beaver Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of North Beaver Township.
North Beaver Township was originally incorporated in 1799 as one of the original townships of Beaver County. In 1804, the township was split at the Beaver River, with the western bank becoming Shenango Township, and both of which eventually joined the newly created Lawrence County in 1849.
McClelland Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
What they wrote about North Beaver Township in 1908
Passages that mention North Beaver Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
20th century history of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania1908 · page 964Read the page →
Read the text
Crawford farm of 120 acres in Big Beaver Township, and 100 acres in North Beaver Township, his house being in Big Beaver and his barn in North Beaver Township. In his younger days James Crawford followed bricklaying and stone-cutting, building many walls throughout this section, which are still in good condition. That he
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
North Beaver Township, 1816 to 1917
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
North Beaver Township is more historic than 74% of U.S. towns, #423 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.
What is on the National Register in North Beaver Township?
One place: the McClelland Homestead (listed 1989).
How old are the homes in North Beaver Township?
15% of North Beaver Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.3 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1968.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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 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.
