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History · Hillsville

Hillsville’s post office opened in 1827, and 57% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on.

1827first post office
0on the National Register
57%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Hillsville began

When was Hillsville founded?

1827

The Hillsville post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name.

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

What stands out about Hillsville’s 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 Hillsville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Hillsville’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19053 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1979. Watch Hillsville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1827: 199 years of Hillsville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hillsville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Hillsville, in brief

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

Hillsville is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is 7.8 miles (12.6 km) west of New Castle and 1.2 miles (1.9 km) east of the border between Pennsylvania and Ohio. It is on the south side of the Mahoning River at the top of an approximately 0.4 miles (0.64 km) very steep road grade up Churchill Road from river level that passes over U.S. Route 224 by a bridge along the way. US 224 is the primary highway for travel to larger towns, and it passes just to the north of and somewhat lower than the community. There is a substandard interchange with Churchill Road within the steep portion of the grade. Hillsville has a post office with ZIP co…

Its first post office opened in 1827.

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

On the map

Hillsville on the map, 1905 to 1979

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

Hillsville on the 1905 USGS mapHillsville on the 1958 USGS mapHillsville on the 1979 USGS map1905Neshannock 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 Hillsville.

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Questions about Hillsville’s history

What year was Hillsville founded?

The Hillsville post office opened in 1827, 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 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.