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More historic than 57% of U.S. towns · #642 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Most of Warwick Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1902 on, and the census since 2000.
More historic than 57% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Warwick Township is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns, #642 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Warwick Township’s 2.1 sits near the middle of its state (57% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 4 listings outnumber those of 68% 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.
Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Becker Graveyard · Bomberger Cemetery · Brunnerville United Methodist Cemetery · Burkholder Grave Yard · Erb Cemetery · Erb Cemetery Number 2 · Hess Family Cemetery · Hess Mennonite Cemetery · Huber Graveyard Number 2 · Kissel Hill Cemetery · Longenecker Church of the Brethren Cemetery · Millport Mennonite Church Cemetery · Netzly Graveyard · Philip Roth Cemetery · Pine Hill Cemetery · Rothsville Lutheran Cemetery · Rothsville United Zion Cemetery · Rudy Cemetery · Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery · Salem Methodist Cemetery · Temple Beth El Cemetery · United Zion Home Cemetery · Weidler Graveyard · Witness Park Cemetery
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Warwick Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Warwick 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 Warwick Township.
From Wikipedia’s history of Warwick Township.
The area's first settler was Richard Carter, who settled by the mouth of the Conestoga River in 1716. Carter was born in Warwickshire, England. Carter is given credit for naming the municipality "Warwick".The Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridge, and Zook's Mill Covered Bridge 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.
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - ED 36-1…
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Warwick - ED 36…
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey2 decades in the archive, from the 1850s to the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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2006Flickr - Nicholas T - GlowNo 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 Warwick 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 15,475 and 19,068 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Warwick Township’s Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Warwick Township is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns, #642 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.
4 listings: 4 structures.
9% of Warwick Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.2 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1991.
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 (24), the National Register of Historic Places (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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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