Windsor Township dates to 1830, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 55% of U.S. towns · #669 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Most of Windsor Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Its Register listing is the Chestnut Hill. Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1910.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Windsor Township is more historic than 55% of U.S. towns, #669 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Windsor 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 Windsor Township’s 1.7 sits near the middle of its state (55% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1830.
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 (±3.4 points).
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Windsor Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Windsor Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Windsor is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,359 at the 2020 census. It was established in 1905 as Windsorville and was named after Windsor, England. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area.
Windsor Township was established in 1830. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 17,504 in 2010, 17,853 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Windsor Township in 1886
Passages that mention Windsor Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of York County, Pennsylvania1886 · page 130Read the page →
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school, to prepare teachers, with M. J. Blessing as assistant. He was for ten years captain of a boat on the Tide Water Canal. In 1860 he w in Windsor Township, in 1864 in Lower Windsor Township, and in 1882 in East Prospect Borough. He took the enrollment in Windsor Township in 1861, and the census of Windsor, Lower Windsor and East Prospect in 1870. In 1858 he was elected
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History of York County, Pennsylvania1886 · page 489Read the page →
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These important iron works, were located in Lower Windsor Township, near where the village of East Prospect now stands. The furnace was built by Samuel Slaymaker, of Lancaster, in 1823, and put into operation in 1825. Soon after completion his nephews, Henry Y. and S. Slaymaker succeeded in the ownership and began a large business.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Windsor Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1908York 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 Windsor Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Windsor Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
In 1830, according to Wikidata. Windsor Township’s post office opened in 1879, and the census of 1910 counted 697 people here.
How does Windsor Township rank for history?
Windsor Township is more historic than 55% of U.S. towns, #669 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 Windsor Township?
One place: the Chestnut Hill (listed 2001).
How old are the homes in Windsor Township?
10% of Windsor Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.4 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1991.
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 (3), 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), 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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