The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Deemston.
Kinder's Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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History · Deemston
Deemston’s post office opened in 1888, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Kinder's Mill. Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1900.
1888first post office
1on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Deemston began
When was Deemston founded?
1888
The Deemston post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1894.
First census: 428 in 19002020 census: 754138 years
Founding year: the first Deemston post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1894.The full story ↓
What stands out about Deemston’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Deemston’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Deemston’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Deemston on the map, 1901 to 1979
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Deemston. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1901Amity 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 Deemston.
Timeline
Deemston, 1888 to 1901
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1888Post officeThe Deemston post office opens
- 20th century
- 1901Post officeThe Deemston post office closes
- 1901
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Deemston, decade by decade
2014
2014On the National Register
1 historic place in Deemston
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
1986
Kinder's Mill
Buildings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Deemston, census by census
Between 428 and 873 people in every census since 1900.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Deemston’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Deemston
Nobody well known was born in Deemston itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Viola LiuzzoAmerican activist and murder victim · b. 1925Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Deemston had its own post office from 1888 to 1901.
Deemston
18801950today
1cemetery inside Deemston
Buckingham
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Morgan Township2 historic placesACenterville5 historic placesA+Beallsville1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Bethlehem Township2 historic placesAEast Bethlehem Township1 historic placeAAaronsburg1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFredericktownIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Bethlehem Township4 historic placesA+
Questions about Deemston’s history
What year was Deemston founded?
The Deemston post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1894.
What is on the National Register in Deemston?
One place: the Kinder's Mill (listed 1986).
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 (2), Wikidata (1), 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.