Half of Tunkhannock Township’s homes were built after 1990
More historic than 19% of U.S. towns · #1,007 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Most of Tunkhannock Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 2000.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tunkhannock Township is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns, #1,007 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tunkhannock Township’s overall grade.
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 Tunkhannock 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.
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 (±2.6 points) is firm at this size.
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 Tunkhannock Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Another post office, Fernridge, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Long Pond
1883–today
Fernridge
1903–1942
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Briar Crest WoodsFernridgeIndian Mountain LakeLong PondSierra ViewSun Valley
Gone or out of use
Pine Grove Schoolschool
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Tunkhannock Township on the map, 1919 to 1997
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Tunkhannock Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1919Pocono sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Tunkhannock Township.
The story so far
Tunkhannock Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tunkhannock Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Tunkhannock Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,960 in 2025. Tunkhannock Township comprises the communities of Blakeslee and Long Pond. The most noteworthy feature of this township is the Tunkhannock creek, which forms "Long Pond", and is designated by the PA DEP as an Exceptional Value Waters (EV). The Bethlehem Authority, Nature Conservancy, Wildlands Conservancy County of Monroe Open Space Program, and PA Department of Forest and Waters have protected thousands of acres. Tunkhannock Township, PA is home to many species of globally rare, threatened, and endangered plants and animals and has been described as one of the last "great pla…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 6,789 to 7,037 (+4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Tunkhannock Township, 1883 to 1942
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Tunkhannock Township is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns, #1,007 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.
How old are the homes in Tunkhannock Township?
5% of Tunkhannock Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.6 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1990.
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), 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.
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