The story
Read it all →How Texas Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Texas Township.
The Eugene Dorflinger Estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Texas Township
34% of Texas Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 95% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Eugene Dorflinger Estate. Below: maps from 1946 on.
1on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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About Texas Township’s history
How historic is Texas Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 95% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Texas Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Texas Township is more historic than 95% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Texas Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194034.3% of homes (±10.6) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%ANational Register1 listing, 7 historic buildings, 31.5 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 95%
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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 Texas Township’s 31.5 sits above most of its state (84% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 7 historic buildings outnumber those of 73% 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 (±10.6 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 Texas Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Texas Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Texas Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices and old corners
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Indian Orchard
White Mills
Seelyville
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ForteniaIndian OrchardSeelyvilleWhite Mills
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Texas Township, 1828 to 1955
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1828Post officeThe Indian Orchard post office opens
- 1850Post officeThe White Mills post office opens
- 1873Post officeThe Seelyville post office opens
- 20th century
- 1910Post officeThe Indian Orchard post office closes
- 1946
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1955Post officeThe Seelyville post office closes
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the map
Texas Township on the map, 1946 to 1999
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Texas Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1946Honesdale sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Texas Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Texas Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
7
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Eugene Dorflinger Estate
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Victorian1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Texas Township
Nobody well known was born in Texas Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Texas Township’s history
How does Texas Township rank for history?
Texas Township is more historic than 95% 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.
What is on the National Register in Texas Township?
One place: the Eugene Dorflinger Estate (listed 1978).
How old are the homes in Texas Township?
34% of Texas Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.6 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1969.
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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.