On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pinegrove Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pinegrove 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 Pinegrove Township’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.
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 (±9.3 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 Pinegrove Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Pinegrove Township on the map, 1922 to 1972
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pinegrove Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
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U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pinegrove Township.
The story so far
Pinegrove Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pinegrove Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Pinegrove Township is a township in Venango County, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,328 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the figure of 1,354 in 2010, which was an increase over the tabulation of 1,338 as of the 2000 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,354 in 2010, 1,328 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Pinegrove Township, 1853 to 1955
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Pinegrove Township is more historic than 60% 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.
How old are the homes in Pinegrove Township?
31% of Pinegrove Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.3 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1969.
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 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.
