The story
Read it all →How Cherryhill Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Cherryhill Township.
The George Diehl Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Cherryhill Township
23% of Cherryhill Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 77% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the George Diehl Homestead. Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 1860.
1on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
Where Cherryhill Township’s name came from
How did Cherryhill Township get its name?
Cherryhill Township was named for Cherry Hill Manor, which was surveyed to the Penns.
How historic is Cherryhill Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 77% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Cherryhill Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Cherryhill Township is more historic than 77% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Cherryhill Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194022.9% of homes (±6.0) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register1 listing, 4.0 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 77%
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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 Cherryhill Township’s 4.0 sits near the middle of its state (64% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.0 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Cherryhill Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cherryhill Township, and 10 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cherryhill Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19024 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1981. Watch Cherryhill Township change.Old burying grounds13 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cherryhill Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Ewing's Mills
Mitchells Mills
Penn Run
Kenwood
Pikes Peak
Ideal
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Buck RunDiamondvilleEwings MillIdealKenwoodManorPenn RunPikes PeakRembrantWeimer
13cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cherryhill Township
Cherry Hill Progressive BrethrenChurch of the ResurrectionDiamondvilleDunkard United BrethrenHarmonyLaurel SwampManorMaple GroveRich HillSaint Michael's Orthodox Greek CatholicSample RunSpruce GroveStephens
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Cherryhill Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cherryhill Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Cherryhill Township on the map, 1902 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cherryhill Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902Indiana sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cherryhill Township.
Timeline
Cherryhill Township, 1826 to 1914
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1826Post officeThe Ewing's Mills post office opens
- 1827Post officeThe Ewing's Mills post office closes
- 1833Post officeThe Mitchells Mills post office opens
- 1839Post officeThe Penn Run post office opens
- 20th century
- 1902
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1914Post officeThe Mitchells Mills post office closes
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the National Register
1 historic place in Cherryhill Township
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
first listed
1987
George Diehl Homestead
Buildings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Cherryhill Township, census by census
Between 1,648 and 2,842 people in every census since 1860.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cherryhill Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Cherryhill Township
Nobody well known was born in Cherryhill Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Cherryhill Township’s history
How does Cherryhill Township rank for history?
Cherryhill Township is more historic than 77% of U.S. towns. 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 Cherryhill Township?
One place: the George Diehl Homestead (listed 1987).
How old are the homes in Cherryhill Township?
23% of Cherryhill Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.0 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1976.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.