Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1880.
The Ramey post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1878.
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 Ramey’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ramey yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Ramey is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 436 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1877. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 451 to 436 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Peaked at 1,093 in 1920; 436 people lived here in 2020.
14 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ramey’s Wikipedia page.
Passages that mention Ramey, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Ramey.—The northern town of the township is that of Ramey, which is probably directly due to the effect of the branch railroad running along that border of the township. This is the only town or village in the township which enjoys the advantages of a railroad. In 1877 the post-office was made at this place, and here is a handsome Methodist Church. A large mill, and heavy
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
There are a number of houses of worship in the township outside of the boroughs, the oldest being known as “ Beulah,” organized May 25, 1859, and situated about half a mile from the village of Ramey, and belonging to the Presbyterian Society. It was an off-shoot from the Mount Pleasant Church,
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ramey. 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 Ramey.
Nobody well known was born in Ramey itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Ramey’s post office has been open since 1877.
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 Ramey post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1878.
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.
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