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History · Houserville

Houserville’s post office opened in 1862

Most of Houserville was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985.

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How Houserville began

When was Houserville founded?

1862

The Houserville post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,978164 years
Founding year: the first Houserville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Houserville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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How Houserville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Houserville.

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Two archaeological sites, known as the Houserville and Tudek sites, are located between Houserville and State College. Once used in the production of stone tools, the sites may be 10,000 years old. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Houserville is named after Jacob Houser, who settled in the village in 1788. Houser owned a woolen mill and factory in the area that produced blankets and fabrics and shipped its products as far as Baltimore until 1912.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Houserville

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

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Jonathan FrakesAmerican actor and director · b. 1952
Jeff VanderMeerAmerican writer · b. 1968
Glenn ThompsonU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania · b. 1959
Andrew Gregg CurtinAmerican politician · b. 1815
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Chris BahrAmerican football and soccer player · b. 1953
George Grey BarnardAmerican sculptor · b. 1863
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lemont1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Houserville’s history

What year was Houserville founded?

The Houserville post office opened in 1862, 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 →

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