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History · Belsano

Belsano’s post office opened in 1851, and 72% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Belsano began

When was Belsano founded?

1851

The Belsano post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name.

175 years
Founding year: the first Belsano post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Belsano’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Belsano are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Belsano’s homes were built before 1938.
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Belsano, in brief

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Belsano is an unincorporated community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located at the junction of U.S. Route 422 and Pennsylvania Route 271, 8 miles (13 km) west-northwest of Ebensburg. Belsano has a post office with ZIP code 15922, which opened on February 8, 1876.

Its first post office opened in 1851.

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

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Questions about Belsano’s history

What year was Belsano founded?

The Belsano post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 →

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