Factoryville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Factoryville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFactoryville is a borough in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,146 at the 2020 census. Factoryville was named for a woolen factory near the original town site.
Factoryville was established in 1798. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,158 people in 2010, 1,165 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Factoryville yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Factoryville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Factoryville’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFactoryville PA B Eye view 1891, 1891: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Factoryville
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Factoryville, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Factoryville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Factoryville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bridge in Nicholson Township in Nicholson, 3.7 miles away.
Factoryville and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Factoryville PA B Eye view 1891 (1891) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.