Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1923 on, and the census since 1850.
The Woodcock post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1844.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodcock’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Woodcock yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Woodcock is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 140 at the 2020 census, down from 157 at the 2010 census.
Its first post office opened in 1830. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 157 to 141 (-10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Woodcock. 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 Woodcock.
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 Woodcock’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 81 and 228 people in every census since 1850.
18 censuses, 1850–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Woodcock’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Woodcock itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Woodcock had its own post office from 1830 to 1917.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Woodcock post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1844.
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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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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