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History · Beaver Springs

Beaver Springs’ post office opened in 1850, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 6 old photos and papers and maps from 1959 on.

1850first post office
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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From Beaver Springs’ archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Beaver Springs began, and where its name came from

When was Beaver Springs founded?

1850

The Beaver Springs post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 691176 years

How did Beaver Springs get its name?

Beaver Springs was named for Adam Reiger.

Founding year: the first Beaver Springs post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
The story so far

Beaver Springs, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Beaver Springs yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Beaver Springs is a census-designated place in Spring Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Beaver Springs had a population of 691. Beaver Springs was first called Reigertown before the name was changed by the post office. It was named for Adam Reiger. He was given the land as a land grant from the Penn proprietors. The town was also known for a time as Adamsburg. The current name was based on the beavers who were active in a local stream and an important spring that was along its main street. In 2006, Beaver Springs celebrated its bicentennial.

Its first post office opened in 1850. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 674 to 691 (+3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Beaver Springs, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1960s6 items
BRIDGE IN NATURAL LANDSCAPE - Gross Covered Bridge, Spanning Middle Creek, Route 5741968BRIDGE IN NATURAL LANDSCAPE - Gross Covered Bridge, S…DETAIL OF EAST WALL FACING NORTH - Gross Covered Bridge, Spanning Middle Creek, Route 5741968DETAIL OF EAST WALL FACING NORTH - Gross Covered Brid…DETAIL OF EAST WALL OF BRIDGE FACING SOUTH - Gross Covered Bridge, Spanning Middle Creek, Route 5741968DETAIL OF EAST WALL OF BRIDGE FACING SOUTH - Gross Co…DETAIL OF NORTH FOUNDATION - Gross Covered Bridge, Spanning Middle Creek, Route 5741968DETAIL OF NORTH FOUNDATION - Gross Covered Bridge, Sp…DETAIL OF SOUTH FOUNDATION - Gross Covered Bridge, Spanning Middle Creek, Route 5741968DETAIL OF SOUTH FOUNDATION - Gross Covered Bridge, Sp…DETAIL OF WEST WALL FACING NORTHWEST - Gross Covered Bridge, Spanning Middle Creek, Route 5741968DETAIL OF WEST WALL FACING NORTHWEST - Gross Covered …
1970s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Beaver Springs on the map, 1959 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Beaver Springs. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Beaver Springs on the 1959 USGS mapBeaver Springs on the 1969 USGS mapBeaver Springs on the 1978 USGS map1959Beaver Springs sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Beaver Springs.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

BRIDGE IN NATURAL LANDSCAPE - Gross Covered Bridge, Spanning Middle Creek, Route 574
Retake this viewBRIDGE IN NATURAL LANDSCAPE - Gross Covered Bridge, Spanning Middle Creek, Route 574, 1968

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Beaver Springs’ page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Beaver Springs

Nobody well known was born in Beaver Springs itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Stan StartzellAmerican soccer player · b. 1950
J. Horace McFarlandAmerican printer and horticulturist · b. 1859
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Daniel F. ClarkAmerican politician · b. 1954
Cora Victoria DiehlAmerican politician, first woman elected to pub… · b. 1869
Help out

Finish Beaver Springs’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBRIDGE IN NATURAL LANDSCAPE - Gross Cov…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Beaver Springs’ history

What year was Beaver Springs founded?

The Beaver Springs post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

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 (6) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.