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History · Masthope

Masthope’s post office opened in 1853

Most of Masthope was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989.

1853first post office

0on the National Register

4%homes built before 1940

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How Masthope began

When was Masthope founded?

1853

The Masthope post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 681173 years

Founding year: the first Masthope post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Masthope’s past

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Masthope, in brief

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Masthope Mountain Community is a census-designated place located in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located in far northeastern Pike County near the New York border. As of the 2010 census the population was 685. Masthope is a name derived from a Native American language purported to mean "beads of glass". It is a private community of single family homes in the most northern tier of the Poconos Mountains. The community has a lodge, built in 2005, which has a restaurant overlooking the Delaware River, as well as a ski area, horse stables, a fitness center, and a beach.

Its first post office opened in 1853. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 685 in 2010, 681 in 2020.

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

By decade

Masthope, decade by decade

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2010Pike County, Pennsylvania, Municipalities and CDPs

Famous people

Famous people close to Masthope

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

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Henry Augustus RowlandAmerican physicist · b. 1848

Lyman LemnitzerAmerican general · b. 1899

Jennie Augusta BrownscombeAmerican painter · b. 1850

Mary Dimmick HarrisonSecond wife of the 23rd United States president… · b. 1858

John OlverPolitician in Massachusetts, US · b. 1936

Florence GoodenoughAmerican psychologist · b. 1886

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Fawn Lake ForestIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town Lackawaxen Township2 historic placesB

Questions about Masthope’s history

What year was Masthope founded?

The Masthope post office opened in 1853, 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). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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