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History · Chestnut Hill

Half of Chestnut Hill’s homes were built after 2001

Most of Chestnut Hill was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Chestnut Hill’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Chestnut Hill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Chestnut Hill, in brief

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Chestnut Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Its population as of the 2020 census was 6,689. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of 2020. Chestnut Hill is on the eastern edge of Northampton County, in the southeastern quadrant of Forks Township. It is bordered to the south by the city of Easton and to the east by the Delaware River, which forms the Pennsylvania–New Jersey border. It is bordered to the west by Sullivan Trail (old Pennsylvania…

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

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History across the town line

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Forks TownshipIts storyC−Easton12 historic placesA+

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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 →