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History · East Prospect

East Prospect dates to 1849, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1880.

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Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
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How East Prospect began

When was East Prospect founded?

1849

East Prospect dates its founding to 1849 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 250 in 18802020 census: 934177 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1873.

What stands out about East Prospect’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 East Prospect are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19086 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1999. Watch East Prospect change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1849: 177 years of East Prospect.Old housesHalf of East Prospect’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Prospect’s history is told.

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On the map

East Prospect on the map, 1908 to 1999

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

East Prospect on the 1908 USGS mapEast Prospect on the 1910 USGS mapEast Prospect on the 1953 USGS mapEast Prospect on the 1968 USGS mapEast Prospect on the 1973 USGS mapEast Prospect on the 1999 USGS map1908York 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 East Prospect.

Timeline

East Prospect, 1849 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1849
    FoundingEast Prospect is established
  3. 1873Post officeThe East Prospect post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

East Prospect, in brief

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

East Prospect is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 929 at the 2020 census. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area.

East Prospect was established in 1849. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 905 to 934 (+3%).

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

By decade

East Prospect, decade by decade

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People over time

East Prospect, census by census

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Grew from 250 people in 1880 to 934 in 2020, 3 times over.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on East Prospect’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to East Prospect

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

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Cameron MitchellAmerican actor · b. 1918
Simon CameronAmerican businessman and politician · b. 1799
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Lzzy HaleAmerican singer and guitarist · b. 1983
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Lilian WelshAmerican physician, educator, and suffragist · b. 1858
Wally WalkerAmerican basketball player · b. 1954
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Richard ShaullAmerican theologian · b. 1919

Questions about East Prospect’s history

What year was East Prospect founded?

In 1849, according to Wikidata. East Prospect’s post office opened in 1873, and the census of 1880 counted 250 people here.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (11), 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.