The Hilltown Township post office opened in 1817, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Moyer's Store (1864), Fricks (1880) and Fretz (1899), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 16,284209 years
How historic is Hilltown Township?
A−
More historic than 79% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Hilltown Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Hilltown Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hilltown Township is more historic than 79% of U.S. towns, #339 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its age ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
A−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hilltown Township’s overall grade.
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Hilltown Township’s 4.2 sits near the middle of its state (65% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 7 historic buildings outnumber those of 73% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Hilltown Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Blooming Glen Post Officepost officeBlooming Glen QuarrymineHunsberger Schoolschool
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hilltown Township
Blooming Glen Mennonite Meetinghouse Graveyard - SouthCalvary Church of SoudertonHilltown Baptist Church Cemetery UpperHilltown Baptist ChurchyardHilltown German Reformed ChurchOur Lady of the Sacred HeartPerkasie MennoniteSaint Peters UnionSaint Philip OrthodoxTrinity Evangelical
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hilltown Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hilltown Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1888Quakertown 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 Hilltown Township.
The story so far
Hilltown Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hilltown Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Hilltown is an unincorporated community in Hilltown Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Hilltown is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 152 and Broad Street.
Its first post office opened in 1817. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 15,029 to 16,284 (+8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Hilltown Township, 1817 to 1980
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Hilltown Township post office opened in 1817, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Hilltown Township rank for history?
Hilltown Township is more historic than 79% of U.S. towns, #339 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Hilltown Township?
Three places: the Green Hills Farm (listed 1974), the Uneek Havana Cigar Company (2007) and the Reuben and Elizabeth Strassburger Farmstead (2017).
How old are the homes in Hilltown Township?
14% of Hilltown Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.8 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1981.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.
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