Founded in 1743, the community was so named on account of a flouring mill near the original town site. In 1940, the Pennsylvania guide, compiled by the Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration, noted that regional farmers had previously come to the area to buy supplies and "have their wheat ground by the millers along the Wissahickon. Most of the houses are old, many dating to Colonial times. Flourtown's sole commercial activity is carried on by a few antique shops."
The Black Horse Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
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History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania1884 · page 1138Read the page →
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The Plymouth Railroad passes through its central part upwards of three miles, with stations at Plymouth Meeting, Williams and Flourtown. TheSchuylki.l Valley Railroad was commenced in 1883 r.nd finished in the summer of 1884, extending from Philadelphia, through Norristown, to the coal regions.
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Montgomery County, Pennsylvania1923 · page 336Read the page →
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Flourtown, situated on the Spring House turnpike, or Bethlehem road, twelve miles from Philadelphia. The railroad has a station there. The directory in 1882 stated, "it now has sixty houses, four hotels, three stores, a large Odd Fellows' hall, and a Presbyterian church." Here is an old settlement; tradition says the settlers from Salford and Franconia came here to mill their grain, hence the name "Flourtown." A post ofifice was established before 1810. This post ofifice, in 1825, was removed up to Whitemarsh. This was a famous hotel place, and many conducted inns
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History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania1884 · page 168Read the page →
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officer by the commander-in-chief to the command of an independent expedition, composed of the flower of the army, charged with duties certain to expose follows: From Philadelphia direct to Flourtown, thence to the present village of the Broad Axe, thence to the Plymouth meeting-house, where the main body of the troops halted just about daylight the following morning. The Ridge Road was occupied by the advance guard in force, at the junction of the road leading to Matson's Ford (now Conshohocken
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