Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 83% of U.S. towns. What drives it
2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 10 buildings. Below: maps from 1900 on and the census since 2000.
More historic than 83% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Todd Township is more historic than 83% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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 Todd Township’s 74.9 sits above most of its state (87% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 13 historic buildings outnumber those of 77% 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 Todd Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Todd 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 Todd Township.
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).
From Wikipedia’s history of Todd Township.
The Cold Spring Farm and Cowans Gap State Park Family Cabin District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
2024Upper Road nb, Knobsville, PA, Aug. 2024
2024US 522 nb at Upper Road, Knobsville, PA, Aug. 2024
2024US 522 nb at Big Cove Creek, Todd Twp., PA, Aug. 2024
2024US 522 nb approaching US 30, Aug. 2024
2024US 30 eb approaching US 522, May 2024
2024US 30 at Tuscarora Summit, PA, May 2024
2024Todd Twp., Fulton Co., PA municipal building, Aug. 20…
2024Knobsville Church of the Brethren, PA, Aug. 2024
2024Knobsville Cemetery, PA, Aug. 2024
2023US 522 NB past US 30
2016Vintage Route 30 Heading East sept 2016 - panoramio -…
2015Knobsville PA Ch of the Bretheren Todd TWP Fulton Co
2014Cold Spring Farm gated driveway
2009US Route 522 - Pennsylvania
2006CGSP Snowy LakeThe country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 1,488 and 1,625 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Todd Township’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Todd Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Todd Township is more historic than 83% 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.
Two places: the Cold Spring Farm (listed 2000) and the Cowans Gap State Park Family Cabin District (1987).
15% of Todd 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 1986.
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), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
