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1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1939 on, and the census since 2000.
Hokendauqua dates its founding to 1854 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 2000.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hokendauqua’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Hokendauqua.
Hokendauqua was founded 1854. One of Hokendauqua's primary settlers, David Thomas, owned Thomas Iron Company and made Hokendauqua the company's headquarters. Thomas and his family built two iron furnaces and laid out the town, which had a church and a company shop. Hokendauqua was a company town for Thomas Iron Co.
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Passages that mention Hokendauqua, cut from the printed page as they were published.
In 1854 the Thomas Iron Company was formed, and the substantial works at Hokendauqua commenced. In 1855 he relinquished the superintendence of the Crane Iron Works, and devoted a portion of his time to the development of the work at Hokendauqua, which bear his honored name.
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painting business, employing as many as fifteen men. He painted many bridges and public buildings. Among the bridges he painted were those at Catasauqua and Hokendauqua; also the old Allentown bridge just before it was washed away in the great freshet. He was a standing committeeman for four years, and at one time was a candidate for register of wills of the
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveHokendauqua PA Presby PHS262
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
Born hereMatt Millen is born hereOne decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hokendauqua. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hokendauqua.
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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Hokendauqua’s page.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 3,340 and 3,411 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hokendauqua’s Wikipedia page.
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Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1854, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Hokendauqua’s post office opened in 1862, and the census of 2000 counted 3,411 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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