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History · Kulpsville

Kulpsville’s post office opened in 1830

Most of Kulpsville was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: old-book passages.

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How Kulpsville began

When was Kulpsville founded?

1830

The Kulpsville post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 8,159196 years
Founding year: the first Kulpsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Kulpsville’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 Kulpsville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1830: 196 years of Kulpsville.
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The story so far

Kulpsville, in brief

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

Kulpsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The population was 8,194 at the 2010 census. It is located in Towamencin Township, which is part of the North Penn Valley region that is centered around the borough of Lansdale. The name is derived from the Kulp family.

Its first post office opened in 1830. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 8,194 in 2010, 8,159 in 2020.

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Kulpsville, 1884–1923

Passages that mention Kulpsville, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Another church of this faith was started in Towamencin township, two miles from Kulpsville. Its date of starting is uncertain, but between 1782 and 1790. In 1735 Elder George Weiss held meetings in the neighborhood. The oldest stone in the churchyard bears date of 1745. The most common name found a…
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania1923 · page 134Read the page →
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Another church of this faith was started in Towamencin township, two miles from Kulpsville. Its date of starting is uncertain, but between 1782 and 1790. In 1735 Elder George Weiss held meetings in the neighborhood. The oldest stone in the churchyard bears date of 1745. The most common name found among this people here was Kreible. In 1885 there were five houses of worship owned by this sect. There are fewer now.

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He was the originator and prime mover in getting the first telephone line from Norristown to Kulpsville via North Wales and Lansdale, with station at his office.
History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania1884 · page 1092Read the page →
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He was the originator and prime mover in getting the first telephone line from Norristown to Kulpsville via North Wales and Lansdale, with station at his office.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

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Kulpsville, decade by decade

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Questions about Kulpsville’s history

What year was Kulpsville founded?

The Kulpsville post office opened in 1830, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people 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.