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History · Meshoppen

Meshoppen dates to 1775, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Old White Mill. Below: 2 old photos and papers from 1880 on.

1775founded
1on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Meshoppen’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Meshoppen began

When was Meshoppen founded?

1775

Meshoppen dates its founding to 1775 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1856.

2020 census: 326251 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1856.The full story ↓

What stands out about Meshoppen’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Older than the countryEstablished in 1775, 1 years before the Declaration of Independence.Old housesHalf of Meshoppen’s homes were built before 1956.
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Start Meshoppen’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Meshoppen’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps -…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Meshoppen, 1775 to 1923

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1775
    FoundingMeshoppen is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1856Post officeThe Meshoppin post office opens
  5. 1862Post officeThe Meshoppin post office closes
  6. 1866Post officeThe Meshoppen post office opens
  7. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wyoming County - Meshoppen - ED 66…
  8. 20th century
  9. 1923In the archiveMeshoppen PA 1st Presby PHS358
The story

How Meshoppen came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Meshoppen.

Read it all →

The borough takes its name from Meshoppen Creek, a Native American name purported to mean "glass beads."

The Old White Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Meshoppen, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1880s to the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wyoming County - Meshoppen - ED 66-12, ED 66-1318801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania …
1890s–1910snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
1920s1 item
Meshoppen PA 1st Presby PHS3581923Meshoppen PA 1st Presby PHS358
1930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today4 recent
PA Wyoming county Meshoppen Procter&Gamble Susquehanna river IMG 18872012PA Wyoming county Meshoppen Procter&Gamble Susquehann…Flooding - Meshoppen, Pa. , September 18, 2011 -- Resident Bill Magdin in his home that was destroyed by flooding due t…2011Flooding - Meshoppen, Pa. , September 18, 2011 -- Res…US Route 6 - Pennsylvania2009US Route 6 - PennsylvaniaUS Route 6 - Pennsylvania2009US Route 6 - Pennsylvania
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wyoming County - Meshoppen - ED 66-12, ED 66-13
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wyoming County - Meshoppen - ED 66-12, ED 66-13, 1880

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Meshoppen’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Meshoppen

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1975
Old White Mill
Old White Mill
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Grist Mill1
Old White MillGrist Mill

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Meshoppen’s post office has been open since 1866. Another post office, Meshoppin, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Meshoppin
1856–1862
Meshoppen
1866–today
18501940today

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.

Meshoppen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMehoopany TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Meshoppen’s history

What year was Meshoppen founded?

In 1775, according to Wikidata. Meshoppen’s post office opened in 1856.

What is on the National Register in Meshoppen?

One place: the Old White Mill (listed 1975).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.