Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 32% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Shenango Township is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns, #925 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull 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 Shenango 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.
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 Shenango Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Shenango Township. 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 Shenango Township.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Shenango Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Shenango Township is a township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,519 at the 2020 census, down from 3,929 in 2010.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,929 to 3,522 (-10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
2024PA 760 sb entering Shenango Twp., June 2024
2024PA 760 sb at I-376, June 2024
2024I-80 eb entering Pennsylvania from Ohio, June 2024
2024I-80 (PA) wb approaching exit 4, June 2024
2024I-376 eb PA 318 replacement overpass construction, Ju…
20222022-06-05 16 25 10 View east along Pennsylvania Stat…
2017Shenango Township power line
2014Pennsylvania State Route 18
2014Pennsylvania State Route 18
2009Pennsylvania State Route 60
2008Welcome to PennsylvaniaBetween 3,519 and 4,037 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Shenango Township’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Shenango Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Shenango Township is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns, #925 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.
12% of Shenango Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.1 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1971.
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 (11), 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.
