On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pequea Township is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns, #665 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.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pequea 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 Pequea Township’s 1.7 sits near the middle of its state (56% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% 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 (±4.6 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 Pequea Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
9cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pequea Township
Beaver Creek AmishBoehms ChapelByerland MennoniteHans Hess FamilyNew Danville MennoniteNew Danville Reformed MennoniteOld ByerlandPequea Brethren in ChristRush Family
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Pequea Township on the map, 1912 to 1990
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pequea Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1912Mc Calls Ferry 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 Pequea Township.
The story so far
Pequea Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pequea Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Pequea is an unincorporated community that is located in Martic Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated where Route 324 ends at the Susquehanna River, twelve miles south of Lancaster.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 4,605 to 5,474 (+19%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Pequea Township, 1856 to 1939
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Pequea Township is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns, #665 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 Pequea Township?
One place: the Baumgardner's Mill Covered Bridge (listed 1980).
How old are the homes in Pequea Township?
12% of Pequea Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.6 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1987.
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 (4), 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.
1899
2015