Half of Upper Nazareth Township’s homes were built after 1998
More historic than 18% of U.S. towns · #1,010 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Most of Upper Nazareth Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Below: maps from 1894 on and the census since 2000.
What drives Upper Nazareth Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Upper Nazareth Township is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #1,010 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 Upper Nazareth 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 Upper Nazareth 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 (±2.7 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 Upper Nazareth Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Upper Nazareth Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1894Allentown 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 Nazareth Township.
Places that used to be
Old corners
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Christian SpringsEast LawnEastlawn GardensGeorgetownNew CentervilleNiskyPenn AllenSchoeneckTadmorWelagamika
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Upper Nazareth Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Upper Nazareth Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Upper Nazareth Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. At the 2020 census, Upper Nazareth Township's population was 8,127. The township spans from the Stockertown Borough western border, wrapping most of the way Nazareth westward toward Bath. Most of the township's population is centered in the part of the township that lies northeast of Nazareth, an area and census designated place commonly referred to as East Lawn, or East Lawn Gardens. Pennsylvania Route 191 runs through Upper Nazareth T…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 6,231 to 8,127 (+30%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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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How does Upper Nazareth Township rank for history?
Upper Nazareth Township is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #1,010 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 Upper Nazareth Township?
5% of Upper Nazareth Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.7 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1998.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
