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History · Green Hills

The history of Green Hills

Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1980.

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What stands out about Green Hills’ past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Green Hills are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 29 in 2010; 20 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1973. Watch Green Hills change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green Hills’s history is told.

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People over time

Green Hills, census by census

0198020002020Peak: 29

Peaked at 29 in 2010; 20 people lived here in 2020.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Green Hills’ Wikipedia page.

On the map

Green Hills on the map, 1907 to 1973

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

Green Hills on the 1907 USGS mapGreen Hills on the 1964 USGS mapGreen Hills on the 1973 USGS map1907Claysville 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 Green Hills.

The story

How Green Hills came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Green Hills.

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The borough was formed in 1978 when a local businessman worked to secede from the dry township of South Franklin after voters there defeated a referendum that would allow alcohol sales at his country club. The population was twenty at the time of the 2020 census, making it the third least populous borough in the state; only S.N.P.J. and Centralia had fewer residents.

Pennsylvania law has since been changed to require at least five hundred residents in a newly formed borough.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Green Hills, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Green Hills, Pennsylvania Mount Road2015Green Hills, Pennsylvania Mount RoadGreen Hills, Pennsylvania Lone Pine Country Club2015Green Hills, Pennsylvania Lone Pine Country ClubPennsylvania State Route 182012Pennsylvania State Route 18
Famous people

Famous people close to Green Hills

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

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Perry ComoAmerican singer, actor, television personality · b. 1912
Bobby VintonAmerican singer · b. 1935
Joseph Albert WalkerAmerican test pilot · b. 1921
Edward Goodrich AchesonAmerican chemist · b. 1856
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Bud YorkinAmerican producer, director, and screenwriter · b. 1926
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Eddie JonesAmerican actor · b. 1934
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

South Franklin TownshipIts storyCBuffalo Township2 historic placesA−

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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 (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.