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History · Colonial Park

Colonial Park’s post office opened in 1925, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Colonial Park was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969.

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How Colonial Park began

When was Colonial Park founded?

1925

The Colonial Park post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 16,243101 years
Founding year: the first Colonial Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Colonial Park’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Colonial Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Colonial Park’s history is told.

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The story so far

Colonial Park, in brief

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

Colonial Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,229 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Harrisburg metropolitan area. It uses the Harrisburg ZIP code of 17109 and hosts a great deal of the area's retail activity, including the Colonial Park Mall.

Its first post office opened in 1925. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 13,229 to 16,243 (+23%).

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Colonial Park

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

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Colonial Park

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

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Newt GingrichAmerican politician and former speaker of the U… · b. 1943
Eric MabiusAmerican actor · b. 1971
Don KeeferAmerican actor · b. 1916
Glenn BrancaAmerican composer and guitarist · b. 1948
Jennifer BradyUS American tennis player · b. 1995
Jean ShileyAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1911
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

PaxtoniaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townProgressIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Colonial Park’s history

What year was Colonial Park founded?

The Colonial Park post office opened in 1925, 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 →