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History · Lake Wallenpaupack Estates

Half of Lake Wallenpaupack Estates’ homes were built after 1990

Most of Lake Wallenpaupack Estates was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1928 on.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lake Wallenpaupack Estates’ 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 Lake Wallenpaupack Estates are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake Wallenpaupack Estates’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lake Wallenpaupack Estates, in brief

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

Lake Wallenpaupack Estates is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Greene Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Lake Wallenpaupack Estates on the map, 1928 to 1992

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

Lake Wallenpaupack Estates on the 1928 USGS mapLake Wallenpaupack Estates on the 1932 USGS mapLake Wallenpaupack Estates on the 1966 USGS mapLake Wallenpaupack Estates on the 1973 USGS mapLake Wallenpaupack Estates on the 1992 USGS map1928Ariel 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 Lake Wallenpaupack Estates.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lake Wallenpaupack Estates

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

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George FonderRacecar driver · b. 1917
Walter Tennyson SwingleAmerican botanist · b. 1871
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Homer BigartAmerican journalist · b. 1907
Louis Arthur WatresAmerican politician · b. 1851
Dan CostelloAmerican baseball player · b. 1891
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Ben CardoniMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1920
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Greene Township2 historic placesB+Salem TownshipIts storyB−Sterling TownshipIts storyB−Indian RocksIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.