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History · Emeigh

Emeigh’s post office opened in 1905, and 53% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 5 old photos and papers and maps from 1902 on.

1905first post office
0on the National Register
53%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Emeigh’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Emeigh began

When was Emeigh founded?

1905

The Emeigh post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

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

What stands out about Emeigh’s past

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

Old housesHalf of Emeigh’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19024 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1981. Watch Emeigh change.
★ What stands out · The story so far

Emeigh, in brief

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

Emeigh is an unincorporated community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located to the east of U.S. Route 219, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Northern Cambria. Emeigh has a post office with ZIP code 15738, which opened on June 15, 1905.

Its first post office opened in 1905.

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

On the map

Emeigh on the map, 1902 to 1981

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

Emeigh on the 1902 USGS mapEmeigh on the 1961 USGS mapEmeigh on the 1972 USGS mapEmeigh on the 1981 USGS map1902Barnesboro 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 Emeigh.

Timeline

Emeigh, 1902 to 1946

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1916Born hereBoyd Wagner is born here
  4. 1946In the archiveCherrytree Coal Company, Victor -17 Mine Emeigh Run, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Baling…
By decade

Emeigh, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s5 items
Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor -17 Mine Emeigh Run, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Baling drinking water out of surface…1946Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor -17 Mine Emeigh Run, …Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor #17 Mine, Emeigh Run, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Company owned tile house1946Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor #17 Mine, Emeigh Run,…Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor -17 Mine, Emeigh Run, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Miners family on front porch of the…1946Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor -17 Mine, Emeigh Run,…Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor -17 Mine, Emeigh Run, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Rotted sills of company owned house…1946Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor -17 Mine, Emeigh Run,…Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor #17 Mine, Emeigh Run, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Some of "old timers" occupying comp…1946Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor #17 Mine, Emeigh Run,…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Cherrytree Coal Company, Victor -17 Mine Emeigh Run, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Baling drinking water out of surface…
Retake this viewCherrytree Coal Company, Victor -17 Mine Emeigh Run, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Baling drinking water out of surface…, 1946

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

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Finish Emeigh’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCherrytree Coal Company, Victor -17 Min…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Emeigh’s history

What year was Emeigh founded?

The Emeigh post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (5), 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.