On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Wayne Township is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #912 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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 is a Census survey estimate (±5.5 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 Wayne 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 Wayne Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1889Pottsville 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 Wayne Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Freedensburg
1825–1843
Friedensburg
1843–today
Summit Station
1856–today
Reber
1893–1904
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FriedensburgMoyersRoedersStonemontSummit Station
Gone or out of use
Cider Field Airportairport
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Wayne Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wayne Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wayne Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Wayne Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,226 at the 2020 census. The township includes the village of Reedsville which contains a medium size state police barracks. Children from this township attend schools in the Blue Mountain School District. The township is divided by north-to-south PA Route 183 which serves as a highway connecting Schuylkill and Berks Counties. The Schuylkill County Fairgrounds are located in the township off east-to-west PA Route 895. 183 and 895 meet in the Census Designated Place of Summit Station.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 5,113 in 2010, 5,213 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Wayne Township, 1825 to 1889
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Wayne Township is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #912 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 Wayne Township?
13% of Wayne Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.5 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1980.
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 (6), the Library of Congress (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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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