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History · Edinburg

Edinburg’s post office opened in 1840, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1905 on.

1840first post office
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
3famous people
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From Edinburg’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Edinburg began

When was Edinburg founded?

1840

The Edinburg post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name.

186 years
Founding year: the first Edinburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Edinburg’s 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.On the map since 19054 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1990. Watch Edinburg change.Deep rootsA post office since 1840: 186 years of Edinburg.Old housesHalf of Edinburg’s homes were built before 1959.
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Start Edinburg’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edinburg’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 viewCoverts Crossing Bridge, Spanning Mahon…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Edinburg on the map, 1905 to 1990

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

Edinburg on the 1905 USGS mapEdinburg on the 1958 USGS mapEdinburg on the 1970 USGS mapEdinburg on the 1990 USGS map1905Neshannock 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 Edinburg.

Timeline

Edinburg, 1840 to 1977

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Born hereIra D. Sankey is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1970Born hereMarla Brown is born here
  6. 1977Born hereSerene Ross is born here
The story so far

Edinburg, in brief

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

Edinburg is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 551 near U.S. Route 224 on the south bank of the Mahoning River, 4.7 miles (7.6 km) west of New Castle. Edinburg has a post office with ZIP code 16116.

Its first post office opened in 1840.

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

By decade

Edinburg, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Coverts Crossing Bridge, Spanning Mahoning River along Township Route 372 (Covert Road), New Castle, Lawrence County, PADate?Coverts Crossing Bridge, Spanning Mahoning River alon…
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.

Coverts Crossing Bridge, Spanning Mahoning River along Township Route 372 (Covert Road), New Castle, Lawrence County, PA
Retake this viewCoverts Crossing Bridge, Spanning Mahoning River along Township Route 372 (Covert Road), New Castle, Lawrence County, PA

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

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Famous people

3 famous people were born in Edinburg

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Ira D. SankeyAmerican gospel singer and composer · b. 1840
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Marla BrownAmerican politician · b. 1970
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Serene RossAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1977
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Union TownshipIts storyB−Mahoning TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Edinburg’s history

What year was Edinburg founded?

The Edinburg post office opened in 1840, 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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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 the Library of Congress (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people 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.