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History · Upper Leacock Township

18% of Upper Leacock Township’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 78% of U.S. towns · #355 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Its Register listing is the Mascot Roller Mills. Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 2000.

1on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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About Upper Leacock Township’s history

How historic is Upper Leacock Township?

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More historic than 78% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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What drives Upper Leacock Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Upper Leacock Township is more historic than 78% of U.S. towns, #355 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Upper Leacock Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194018.3% of homes (±4.0) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register1 listing, 4 historic buildings, 4.5 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 78%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 66%

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 Upper Leacock Township’s 4.5 sits above most of its state (66% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% 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 (±4.0 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 Upper Leacock Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Upper Leacock Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Upper Leacock Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19067 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1992. Watch Upper Leacock Township change.Old burying grounds15 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Upper Leacock Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Upper Leacock Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Leacock
1809–1959
Bareville
1845–1959
Leola
1896–today
Hunsecker
1900–1910
18001910today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BarevilleHunseckerLeacockLeolaMontereyStumptown
Gone or out of use
Bareville Post Officepost office
15cemeteries and burying grounds inside Upper Leacock Township
BardCharity Christian FellowshipGerber - VandersaalGerberHellerHershey - GroffJohnsKurtz - Zook - BaerLeola Mennonite ChurchMonterey ChapelMyersSalem Evangelical Reformed ChurchStumptown MennoniteUpper Millcreek AmishZion Lutheran

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Upper Leacock Township on the map, 1906 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Upper Leacock Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Upper Leacock Township on the 1906 USGS mapUpper Leacock Township on the 1941 USGS mapUpper Leacock Township on the 1956 USGS mapUpper Leacock Township on the 1969 USGS mapUpper Leacock Township on the 1975 USGS mapUpper Leacock Township on the 1987 USGS mapUpper Leacock Township on the 1992 USGS map1906New Holland 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 Upper Leacock Township.

The story so far

Upper Leacock Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Upper Leacock Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Upper Leacock Township is a township in east central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,949 at the 2020 census. The Mascot Roller Mills and Pinetown Covered Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 8,708 to 8,921 (+2%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Upper Leacock Township, 1809 to 1959

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1809Post officeThe Leacock post office opens
  3. 1845Post officeThe Bareville post office opens
  4. 1896Post officeThe Leola post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1959Post officeThe Leacock post office closes
  8. 1959Post officeThe Bareville 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.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Upper Leacock Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. Boundary changes and added documentation are counted with their listing.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1983
Mascot Roller Mills
Mascot Roller Mills
Buildings
Mascot Roller MillsBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Upper Leacock Township, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020002020Peak: 8,949

Between 8,229 and 8,949 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Upper Leacock Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Leacock TownshipIts storyB−Manheim Township7 historic placesA−West Earl Township2 historic placesB−Earl Township1 historic placeA−East Lampeter Township4 historic placesB+LeolaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Upper Leacock Township’s history

How does Upper Leacock Township rank for history?

Upper Leacock Township is more historic than 78% of U.S. towns, #355 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.

What is on the National Register in Upper Leacock Township?

One place: the Mascot Roller Mills (listed 1983).

How old are the homes in Upper Leacock Township?

18% of Upper Leacock Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.0 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1975.

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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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.