Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Yeakle's Mill Bridge. Below: 12 old photos and papers, maps from 1967 on, and the census since 2000.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1904Moonlight scene at Warren, Pa
1904Conewango Creek and Dam
1904View on the Conewango Creek
1904Along the Old Mill Race
1904Where the Allegheny meets the Conewango
1904View looking up the Allegheny River toward Warren, Pa
1904View on the Allegheny River from Suspension Bridge
1905View on the Allegheny River
1905Waste oil from refineries
1907First Car over the New Glade Bridge
1908The Old Swinging Bridge across the Conewango at Warre…From Wikipedia’s history of Warren Township.
Warren Township's designation was derived from the name of Joseph Warren, an American soldier and doctor.
Yeakle's Mill Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Warren Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
It is supposed the first settlers, Evan Phillips and Beneiah Dunn, came about 1761. The following is full of interest, as about the oldest document extant that refers to the early settlers of what is now Warren Township. The amount of tax opposite each name is omitted, otherwise it is verbatim: "A Boade tax Lade on By Benj. Williams and William Alexander for the year 1791:* John Anderson. Leonard Bevens. Win. Huston. Peter Humbert.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
It is supposed the first settlers, Evan Phillips and Beneiah Dunn, came about 1761. The following is full of interest, as about the oldest document extant that refers to the early settlers of what is now Warren Township. The amount of tax opposite each name is omitted, otherwise it is verbatim: “A Roade tax Lade on By Benj. Williams and William Alexander for the year 1791:* John Anderson. Leonard Bevens. Wm. Huston. Peter Humbert.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Warren 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 Warren Township.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Warren Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15The 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 328 and 369 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Warren Township’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Warren Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Another post office, Sylvan, 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).
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
One place: the Yeakle's Mill Bridge (listed 1988).
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From the Library of Congress (12), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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