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History · Landisville

Landisville’s post office opened in 1832, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Landisville was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Below: maps from 1902 on and old-book passages.

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How Landisville began

When was Landisville founded?

1832

The Landisville post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 2,196194 years
Founding year: the first Landisville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Landisville’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 Landisville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19026 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1995. Watch Landisville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1832: 194 years of Landisville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Landisville’s history is told.

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On the map

Landisville on the map, 1902 to 1995

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

Landisville on the 1902 USGS mapLandisville on the 1943 USGS mapLandisville on the 1956 USGS mapLandisville on the 1969 USGS mapLandisville on the 1976 USGS mapLandisville on the 1995 USGS map1902Lancaster 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 Landisville.

The story so far

Landisville, in brief

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

Landisville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,893. The community was once part of the Salunga-Landisville CDP, before splitting into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census, the other being Salunga.

Its first post office opened in 1832. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,893 to 2,196 (+16%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Landisville in 1869

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

and Chicquesaluuga creek on the N. W. boundaries of tlie township. The Pennsylvania Railroad crosses its southern section, the Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad intersects it centrally, and the Reading and Columbia Railroad skirts its Western extremity, intersecting at Landisville with the Harrisbu…
An authentic history of Lancaster County1869 · page 362Read the page →
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and Chicquesaluuga creek on the N. W. boundaries of tlie township. The Pennsylvania Railroad crosses its southern section, the Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad intersects it centrally, and the Reading and Columbia Railroad skirts its Western extremity, intersecting at Landisville with the Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad. P. O. at Hempfield, East Hempfield, Landisville and Salunga. Hempfield, West.— Bounded N. by Rapho, S. by Manor, E. by E. Hempfield townships, and W. by the Susquehanna river. Centrally distant W. from Lancaster 8 miles; greatest length 8, greatest breadth 5 miles; area 13,880 acres: surface, hilly;

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.

By decade

Landisville, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Mumma Warehouse nr Landisville LanCo PA2013Mumma Warehouse nr Landisville LanCo PA
On the National Register

1 historic place in Landisville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Salunga1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Landisville’s history

What year was Landisville founded?

The Landisville post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.