1 of Paupack Township’s places is on the National Register
More historic than 57% of U.S. towns · #636 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Lacawac. Most of Paupack Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1932 on.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Paupack Township is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns, #636 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Paupack 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 Paupack Township’s 16.2 sits above most of its state (81% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 6 historic buildings outnumber those of 72% 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 (±3.7 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 Paupack 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 and places now gone
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Uswick
1887–1936
Lakeville
1906–1966
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
LakevilleUswickWallenpaupack Lake EstatesWangaum
Gone or out of use
Port Florence Airportairport
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Paupack Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Paupack Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Paupack is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Hawley. Paupack has a post office with ZIP code 18451, which opened on October 19, 1900. The community derives its name from Wallenpaupack Creek. The area was originally served by Paupack Consolidated School, which dates back to 1925 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,828 to 3,676 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Paupack Township, 1887 to 1966
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 Paupack Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1932Ariel 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 Paupack Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Paupack Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Paupack Township is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns, #636 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 Paupack Township?
One place: the Lacawac (listed 1979).
How old are the homes in Paupack Township?
5% of Paupack Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.7 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1981.
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), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
