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History · Drumore Township

Drumore Township’s post office opened in 1815, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 67% of U.S. towns · #512 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1912 on.

1815first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Drumore Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Drumore Township began

When was Drumore Township founded?

1815

The Drumore Township post office opened in 1815, the earliest record of the town by name. Seven smaller post offices, Drumore (1815), Chesnut Level (1828) and Buck (1830), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 2,561211 years

How historic is Drumore Township?

B+

More historic than 67% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Drumore Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Drumore Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Drumore Township is more historic than 67% of U.S. towns, #512 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Drumore Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1815, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194026.4% of homes (±8.6) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%A−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 67%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 51%

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 Drumore Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.6 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Drumore Township’s past

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

Lost villages7 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Drumore Township, and 9 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19125 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1976. Watch Drumore Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1815: 211 years of Drumore Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Seven other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Drumore
1815–1815
Chesnut Level
1828–1925
Buck
1830–1905
Greene
1838–today
Liberty Square
1850–1908
Drumore
1879–today
Hensel
1886–1939
Furniss
1889–1934
Fernglen
1890–1903
Peach Bottom
1913–today
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BentonBuckChestnut LevelDrumoreDrumore CenterFairfiledFernglenFurnissHensel
Gone or out of use
Buck Post Officepost officeChestnut Level Post Officepost officeLiberty Square Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Drumore Township
BoydDrumoreMount Zion United MethodistNew Chestnut Level PresbyterianOld Chestnut Level Presbyterian

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Start Drumore Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Drumore Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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 viewCider Press at Hesse's Mill, (Drumore T…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Drumore Township on the map, 1912 to 1976

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

Drumore Township on the 1912 USGS mapDrumore Township on the 1943 USGS mapDrumore Township on the 1955 USGS mapDrumore Township on the 1969 USGS mapDrumore Township on the 1976 USGS map1912Mc Calls Ferry 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 Drumore Township.

The story so far

Drumore Township, in brief

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

Drumore is an unincorporated community in Drumore Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Drumore is located at the intersection of Port Deposit Road and Fishing Creek Road, along the east bank of the Susquehanna River at the mouth of Fishing Creek. The Drumore ZIP code 17518 covers 14.15 sq mi (36.6 km2), a population of 1,355 and 456 housing units, 420 of those occupied.

Its first post office opened in 1815. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,560 in 2010, 2,561 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Drumore Township, 1815 to 1925

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1815Post officeThe Drumore post office opens
  3. 1815Post officeThe Drumore post office closes
  4. 1828Post officeThe Chesnut Level post office opens
  5. 1830Post officeThe Buck post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1905Post officeThe Buck post office closes
  8. 1912On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1925Post officeThe Chesnut Level post office closes
By decade

Drumore Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Cider Press at Hesse's Mill, (Drumore Township)Date?Cider Press at Hesse's Mill, (Drumore Township)
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.

Cider Press at Hesse's Mill, (Drumore Township)
Retake this viewCider Press at Hesse's Mill, (Drumore Township)

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Drumore Township

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

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James RossPennsylvania politician · b. 1762
Wally WalkerAmerican basketball player · b. 1954
Abraham Herr SmithAmerican politician · b. 1815
J
James GerryAmerican politician · b. 1796
Evan PughFirst president of Penn State University · b. 1828
C
Chris AppleAmerican soccer coach · b. 1970
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Martic Township1 historic placeB+East Drumore TownshipIts storyCPeach Bottom Township4 historic placesA−Lower Chanceford Township3 historic placesAFulton Township1 historic placeA−Providence TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Drumore Township’s history

What year was Drumore Township founded?

The Drumore Township post office opened in 1815, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Drumore Township rank for history?

Drumore Township is more historic than 67% of U.S. towns, #512 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. 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.

How old are the homes in Drumore Township?

26% of Drumore Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.6 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1979.

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 Library of Congress (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.