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History · Marion Heights

58% of Marion Heights’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on and the census since 1910.

0on the National Register
58%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Marion Heights’ 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 Marion Heights are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1974. Watch Marion Heights change.Old housesHalf of Marion Heights’ homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 2,068 in 1940; 560 people lived here in 2020.
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On the map

Marion Heights on the map, 1889 to 1974

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

Marion Heights on the 1889 USGS mapMarion Heights on the 1892 USGS mapMarion Heights on the 1947 USGS mapMarion Heights on the 1955 USGS mapMarion Heights on the 1969 USGS mapMarion Heights on the 1974 USGS map1889Catawissa 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 Marion Heights.

The story so far

Marion Heights, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 611 to 560 (-8%).

Timeline

Marion Heights, 1889 to 1971

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902Post officeThe Keiser post office opens
  5. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 2,068
  6. 1971Post officeThe Keiser post office closes
  7. 1971Post officeThe Marion Heights post office opens
By decade

Marion Heights, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Marion Heights, PA borough hall and post office, June 20242024Marion Heights, PA borough hall and post office, June…Marion Heights, PA Fire Company front, June 20242024Marion Heights, PA Fire Company front, June 2024Marion Heights Fire Company building2015Marion Heights Fire Company building
People over time

Marion Heights, census by census

05001,0001,5002,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 2,068

Peaked at 2,068 in 1940; 560 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Marion Heights’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Marion Heights

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

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Janet AsimovAuthor, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst · b. 1926
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Eddie CostaAmerican jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist · b. 1930
Stan CoveleskiAmerican Major League Baseball pitcher during t… · b. 1889
Emil SeidelAmerican politician · b. 1864
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William J. WaltersheidAuxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese … · b. 1956
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Claude BeckAmerican cardiac surgeon and professor of cardi… · b. 1894
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Marion Heights’s post office has been open since 1971. Another post office, Keiser, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Keiser
1902–1971
Marion Heights
1971–today
19001960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Mount Carmel TownshipIts storyA−

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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 (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.