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History · Cornwells Heights

Cornwells Heights’ post office opened in 1915, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1942 on.

1915first post office
1on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How Cornwells Heights began

When was Cornwells Heights founded?

1915

The Cornwells Heights post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,251111 years
Founding year: the first Cornwells Heights post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Cornwells Heights’ 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.Old housesHalf of Cornwells Heights’ homes were built before 1953.
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Start Cornwells Heights’s collection

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

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewFrankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Cornwells Heights, in brief

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

Cornwells Heights is a census-designated place located in Bensalem Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community was formerly part of Cornwells Heights-Eddington, but was split into two separate CDPs. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,391. The Cornwells Heights train station, with a park-and-ride with access to Interstate 95, serves SEPTA Regional Rail's Trenton Line and Amtrak's Keystone Service along the Northeast Corridor.

Its first post office opened in 1915. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,391 to 1,251 (-10%).

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

By decade

Cornwells Heights, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Frankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing Creek, Spanning Poquessing Creek at Frankford Avenue (U.S. Route 13), Philadelp…Date?Frankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing Creek, Spanni…
On the map

Cornwells Heights on the map, 1942 to 1995

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cornwells Heights. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Cornwells Heights on the 1942 USGS mapCornwells Heights on the 1955 USGS mapCornwells Heights on the 1973 USGS mapCornwells Heights on the 1995 USGS map1942Burlington sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cornwells Heights.

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.

Frankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing Creek, Spanning Poquessing Creek at Frankford Avenue (U.S. Route 13), Philadelp…
Retake this viewFrankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing Creek, Spanning Poquessing Creek at Frankford Avenue (U.S. Route 13), Philadelp…

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Cornwells Heights

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
3
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

Famous people close to Cornwells Heights

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

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James Fenimore CooperAmerican writer · b. 1789
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Carli LloydAmerican soccer player · b. 1982
Edward HicksAmerican artist · b. 1780
Abraham Grace MerrittAmerican author · b. 1884
Harry FrankfurtAmerican philosopher · b. 1929
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Tim YoungAmerican rower · b. 1968
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

EddingtonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAndalusia1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cornwells Heights’ history

What year was Cornwells Heights founded?

The Cornwells Heights post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 →

From the Library of Congress (1) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.