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Enola, PA aerialPhoto: fishhawk · CC BY 2.0
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History · Enola

15% of Enola’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
3famous people
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From Enola’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Enola’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 18928 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1993. Watch Enola change.
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Start Enola’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewReam's Deluxe Motel, (Along Penna. Rail…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Enola on the map, 1892 to 1993

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

Enola on the 1892 USGS mapEnola on the 1924 USGS mapEnola on the 1947 USGS mapEnola on the 1956 USGS mapEnola on the 1963 USGS mapEnola on the 1974 USGS mapEnola on the 1987 USGS mapEnola on the 1993 USGS map1892Harrisburg 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 Enola.

The story

How Enola came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Enola.

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The town came into existence due to the building of rail lines through the area. Local farmers Francis and Wesley Miller sold

2 acres (0.81 ha) to the Pennsylvania Railroad to be used as a flag station. Mr. Miller was given the honor of naming the train station. He named the station "Enola", after his daughter. Miller at the time was the only resident living in the area. Eventually, when more people moved to the area the local post office and surrounding town adopted the name as well.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Enola, 1892 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910Born hereBilly Myers is born here
  5. 1914Born hereLynn Myers is born here
  6. 1930In the archiveReam's Deluxe Motel, (Along Penna. Railroad's largest yards) U.S. Route 11 and 15, Enola,…
  7. 1958Born hereKurt Kanaskie is born here
By decade

Enola, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s1 item
Ream's Deluxe Motel, (Along Penna. Railroad's largest yards) U.S. Route 11 and 15, Enola, Penna (88475)c. 1930Ream's Deluxe Motel, (Along Penna. Railroad's largest…
1940s–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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Today5 recent
Adam Ricci Park2023Adam Ricci ParkView of two of dozens of small islands that dot the Susquehanna River between Enola and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania2019View of two of dozens of small islands that dot the S…Brightly painted Norfolk Southern Railway yard engines in a complex of tracks and locomotive shops2019Brightly painted Norfolk Southern Railway yard engine…Military statues outside the American Legion and American Legion Auxilliary Buildig2019Military statues outside the American Legion and Amer…Enola, PA aerial2015Enola, PA aerial
Every building

Enola, building by building, 1923

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Enola fire insurance map, 1923, sheet 11923Sheet 1 of 2
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

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.

Ream's Deluxe Motel, (Along Penna. Railroad's largest yards) U.S. Route 11 and 15, Enola, Penna (88475)
Retake this viewReam's Deluxe Motel, (Along Penna. Railroad's largest yards) U.S. Route 11 and 15, Enola, Penna (88475), c. 1930

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

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Famous people

3 famous people were born in Enola

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

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Billy MyersMajor League Baseball shortstop · b. 1910
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Lynn MyersAmerican baseball player · b. 1914
Kurt KanaskieAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1958
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

West FairviewIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Enola’s history

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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 (3), the Library of Congress (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.