Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 42% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Taylor Township is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns. 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 Taylor 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 Taylor Township’s history is told.
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Taylor 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 Taylor Township.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Taylor Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Taylor Township is a township in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,296 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,465 to 2,296 (-7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
20081805 - Vicksburg - PA36 approaching RR Crossing
20081804 - Taylor Twp - PA36 near PA867
20081803 - Taylor Twp - PA36 near PA867
20081802 - Taylor Twp - Quarry viewed from PA36
20081801 - Taylor Twp - PA36 near PA867
20081800 - Taylor Twp - PA36 near PA867
20081799 - Taylor Twp - PA36 viewed from PA867
20081798 - Taylor Twp - PA867 at PA36
20081773 - Taylor Twp - PA164 near Kauffman Rd (Old PA164)
20081772 - Taylor Twp - PA164 in East Sharpsburg
20081771 - Taylor Twp - PA164 near Plum Creek Rd (Old PA1…
20081770 - Taylor Twp - PA164 near Plum Creek Rd (Old PA1…
20081769 - Taylor Twp - PA164 near Brumbaugh Rd - Pine Gr…
20081768 - Taylor Twp - PA164 near Fredrick Rd
20081767 - Taylor Twp - PA164 near Lock Mount RdNobody well known was born in Taylor Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Taylor Township is more historic than 42% 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.
18% of Taylor Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.6 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1976.
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 (15), 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.
