Milford Square’s post office opened in 1852, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of Milford Square was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1888 on, and old-book passages.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Milford Square. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1888Quakertown 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 Milford Square.
The story so far
Milford Square, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Milford Square yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Milford Square is a census-designated place in Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along PA Route 663 near the borough of Trumbauersville. As of the 2010 census, the population was 897 residents. While the village has a PO Box post office, with the ZIP code of 18935, the surrounding area uses the Quakertown ZIP Code of 18951. Milford Square is located on Unami Creek, also known as Swamp Creek, which drains into the Perkiomen Creek. It was formerly known as Heistville, named after the Heist family who operated Achey's Mill and lived in, and greatly renovated, the miller's home. Campbell's Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in …
Its first post office opened in 1852. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 897 to 1,137 (+27%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Milford Square in 1905
Passages that mention Milford Square, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time1905 · page 221Read the page →
Read the text
where for four years he was engaged in the creamery business. He then devoted four years to a mercantile business at Milford Square, and at the end of that time purchased the Milford Square creamery which he conducted for five years. His next venture was to build a creamery in Milford township, which he
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.
Timeline
Milford Square, 1850 to 1992
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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.
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