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History · Mifflinville

Mifflinville’s post office opened in 1827, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1894 on and old-book passages.

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How Mifflinville began

When was Mifflinville founded?

1827

The Mifflinville post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,233199 years
Founding year: the first Mifflinville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mifflinville’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 Mifflinville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18946 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1989. Watch Mifflinville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1827: 199 years of Mifflinville.
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Start Mifflinville’s collection

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

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On the map

Mifflinville on the map, 1894 to 1989

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

Mifflinville on the 1894 USGS mapMifflinville on the 1947 USGS mapMifflinville on the 1954 USGS mapMifflinville on the 1969 USGS mapMifflinville on the 1978 USGS mapMifflinville on the 1989 USGS map1894Bloomsburg 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 Mifflinville.

The story so far

Mifflinville, in brief

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

Mifflinville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,233 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area.

Its first post office opened in 1827. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,253 in 2010, 1,233 in 2020.

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Mifflinville in 1883

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

Bounding upon it on the north-west side are Berwick, Briarcreek, Centre, Scott, Bloom, Montour; and on the south-east Mifflin, Main, Catawissa and Franklin. The river is crossed at Berwick by a bridge, at Mifflinville by a rope ferry, at Stonytown, in Centre township, by another rope ferry, with a …
A history of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. From the earliest times.1883 · page 46Read the page →
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Bounding upon it on the north-west side are Berwick, Briarcreek, Centre, Scott, Bloom, Montour; and on the south-east Mifflin, Main, Catawissa and Franklin. The river is crossed at Berwick by a bridge, at Mifflinville by a rope ferry, at Stonytown, in Centre township, by another rope ferry, with a third at Espy, in Scott township, with a fourth opposite Bloomsburg, by a bridge at Catawissa, and with a rope ferry near the mouth of Roaring creek.

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

Mifflinville, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Susquehanna River at2014Susquehanna River atPennsylvania Route 339 in2014Pennsylvania Route 339 inMifflinville, Pennsylvania post office2014Mifflinville, Pennsylvania post officeBridge across the Susquehanna River at2014Bridge across the Susquehanna River atMifflinville Cirrus Streaks2012Mifflinville Cirrus StreaksMifflinville United Methodist Church front, PA2009Mifflinville United Methodist Church front, PA
Famous people

Famous people close to Mifflinville

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

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Haldan Keffer HartlineAmerican neuroscientist · b. 1903
Krysten RitterAmerican actress · b. 1981
William H. WoodinAmerican politician · b. 1868
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Richard Sharpe ShaverAmerican writer and conspiracy theorist · b. 1907
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Emile SantiagoAmerican costume designer · b. 1899
Frank Eugene LutzAmerican entomologist · b. 1879
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Mifflin TownshipIts storyB−South Centre TownshipIts storyB−Briar CreekIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Mifflinville’s history

What year was Mifflinville founded?

The Mifflinville post office opened in 1827, 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 (6), 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.