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History · Flying Hills

Half of Flying Hills’ homes were built after 1977

Most of Flying Hills was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1894 on.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Flying Hills’ 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 Flying Hills are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18948 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1999. Watch Flying Hills change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flying Hills’s history is told.

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Flying Hills on the map, 1894 to 1999

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

Flying Hills on the 1894 USGS mapFlying Hills on the 1913 USGS mapFlying Hills on the 1944 USGS mapFlying Hills on the 1956 USGS mapFlying Hills on the 1968 USGS mapFlying Hills on the 1974 USGS mapFlying Hills on the 1983 USGS mapFlying Hills on the 1999 USGS map1894Reading 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 Flying Hills.

The story so far

Flying Hills, in brief

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

Flying Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,568 as of the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,568 to 2,230 (-13%).

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

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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Flying Hills

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

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John UpdikeAmerican novelist, poet · b. 1932
Wallace StevensAmerican poet · b. 1879
Chad HurleyAmerican businessman, co-founder of YouTube · b. 1977
John BarrassoAmerican physician and politician · b. 1952
Spencer Fullerton BairdAmerican naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologi… · b. 1823
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Austin SwiftAmerican actor · b. 1992

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.