The Wrightstown Township post office opened in 1818, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Wrightstown (1818), Pennsville (1826) and Lingohocken (1893), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 3,286208 years
How historic is Wrightstown Township?
A
More historic than 92% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Wrightstown Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Wrightstown Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Wrightstown Township is more historic than 92% of U.S. towns, #149 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Wrightstown 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 Wrightstown Township’s 341 sits above most of its state (93% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 112 historic buildings outnumber those of 90% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.7 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Wrightstown Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
The story so far
Wrightstown Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wrightstown Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Wrightstown is an unincorporated community in Wrightstown Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Wrightstown is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 413 and Worthington Mill Road/Wrightstown Road.
Its first post office opened in 1818. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,995 to 3,286 (+10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Wrightstown Township, 1818 to 1961
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 Wrightstown Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1943Buckingham sheet · 1:31,680
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Wrightstown Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Wrightstown Township
Nobody well known was born in Wrightstown Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Wrightstown Township post office opened in 1818, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Wrightstown Township rank for history?
Wrightstown Township is more historic than 92% of U.S. towns, #149 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 Wrightstown Township?
10 listings: 7 buildings, among them the Wrightstown Friends Meeting Complex (listed 1975, the first), 2 historic districts, the Wycombe Village Historic District and the Penns Park Historic District, with 90 contributing buildings, and 1 structure. 112 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Wrightstown Township?
21% of Wrightstown Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.7 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1968.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (10), 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.
