Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 13% of U.S. towns · #1,027 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Most of Seven Fields was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 1990.
More historic than 13% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Seven Fields is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns, #1,027 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Seven Fields’ 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.
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 →
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 Seven Fields’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Seven Fields. 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 Seven Fields.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Seven Fields yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Seven Fields is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Seven Fields had a population of 2,919.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,887 in 2010, 2,919 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Grew from 556 people in 1990 to 2,919 in 2020, 5 times over.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Seven Fields’ Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Seven Fields itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Seven Fields is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns, #1,027 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.
3% of Seven Fields’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.4 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1996.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
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