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History · Campbelltown

Campbelltown’s post office opened in 1819, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Campbelltown was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1970 on.

1819first post office
1on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
2famous people
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From Campbelltown’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Campbelltown began

When was Campbelltown founded?

1819

The Campbelltown post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 5,922207 years
Founding year: the first Campbelltown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Campbelltown’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1819: 207 years of Campbelltown.
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Start Campbelltown’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Campbelltown’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewDR. B STAUFFER HOUSE: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Campbelltown, 1940 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1940Born hereRon Gassert is born here
  3. 1956Born hereMel Ziegler is born here
  4. 1970In the archiveDR. B STAUFFER HOUSE
The story

How Campbelltown came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Campbelltown.

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The first European settlers to the Lebanon Valley area were namely Scotch-Irish and German Palatinate immigrants who left their homelands due to a number of political, economic and religious reasons. The Scotch-Irish in particular were also politically minded, and became involved in local governments quickly after settling in the area.

ChaptersEducationTransportation

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Campbelltown, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1970s1 item
DR. B STAUFFER HOUSE1970DR. B STAUFFER HOUSE
1980s–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.
Add from your album
Today5 recent
Riegle Field, Campbelltown, PA, July 20252025Riegle Field, Campbelltown, PA, July 2025Campbelltown, PA Volunteer Fire Company, Jan. 20252025Campbelltown, PA Volunteer Fire Company, Jan. 2025Campbelltown, PA United Christian Church, July 20252025Campbelltown, PA United Christian Church, July 2025Campbelltown Academy of Music and Arts building, Jan. 20252025Campbelltown Academy of Music and Arts building, Jan.…Village of Campbelltown Sign2024Village of Campbelltown Sign
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.

DR. B STAUFFER HOUSE
Retake this viewDR. B STAUFFER HOUSE, 1970

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

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

1 historic place in Campbelltown

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Campbelltown

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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M
Mel ZieglerAmerican artist · b. 1956
R
Ron GassertAmerican football player · b. 1940
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

South Londonderry Township2 historic placesB+South Annville TownshipIts storyCNorth Londonderry Township1 historic placeC

Questions about Campbelltown’s history

What year was Campbelltown founded?

The Campbelltown post office opened in 1819, 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), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.