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History · Montgomeryville

Montgomeryville’s post office opened in 1831, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Montgomeryville was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1942 on, and the census since 1990.

1831first post office
1on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
3famous people
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From Montgomeryville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Montgomeryville began

When was Montgomeryville founded?

1831

The Montgomeryville post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 9,114 in 19902020 census: 12,998195 years
Founding year: the first Montgomeryville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Montgomeryville’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.Deep rootsA post office since 1831: 195 years of Montgomeryville.
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Start Montgomeryville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Montgomeryville’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 viewBellevue Diner, located at Montgomeryvi…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Montgomeryville, 1824 to 1993

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1824Born hereWinfield Scott Hancock is born here
  3. 1869Born hereAdam Martin Wyant is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1930In the archiveBellevue Diner, located at Montgomeryville, PA., on Route U.S. 310 - 202 (85433)
  6. 1942On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1993Born hereRozes is born here
The story so far

Montgomeryville, in brief

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

Montgomeryville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 12,624 at the 2010 census. According to a 2010 Forbes magazine/Yahoo.com survey, Montgomeryville ranks 5th in America's top 10 affordable suburbs. It is part of the North Penn Valley region that is centered on the borough of Lansdale. Montgomeryville is located 29 miles (47 km) southeast of Allentown and 21 miles (34 km) north of Philadelphia.

Its first post office opened in 1831. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 12,624 to 12,998 (+3%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Montgomeryville, 1884–1923

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

different from its neighbor. It has its few stores, shops, post office, public school and churches. A post office was established in 1827 in the township, and has been on wheels much since then. It was first moved three-quarters of a mile to Montgomeryville, and in 1869 brought back to its present …
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania1923 · page 317Read the page →
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different from its neighbor. It has its few stores, shops, post office, public school and churches. A post office was established in 1827 in the township, and has been on wheels much since then. It was first moved three-quarters of a mile to Montgomeryville, and in 1869 brought back to its present location. A Methodist Episcopal church was erected here in 1842. (See Church chapter in this work.) The palmy days of this burg were back when taverns were fashionable, and the carriage was known, but not the swift whirling automobile. If one had the true his-

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smith-shop. The post-office has been a movable one, having been originally established here before 1827 and after an interval was removed about three-fourths of a mile to Montgomeryville, and in 1869 again brought back to its present place. The Methodist Episcopal Church at the place was built of s…
History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania1884 · page 965Read the page →
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smith-shop. The post-office has been a movable one, having been originally established here before 1827 and after an interval was removed about three-fourths of a mile to Montgomeryville, and in 1869 again brought back to its present place. The Methodist Episcopal Church at the place was built of stone, in 1842, on a lot of ground containing two acres, which is also used for burial purposes. It is situated on the west side of

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Montgomeryville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s2 items
Bellevue Diner, located at Montgomeryville, PA., on Route U.S. 310 - 202 (85433)c. 1930Bellevue Diner, located at Montgomeryville, PA., on R…Bellevue Diner, located at Montgomeryville, Pa., on Route U.S. 309 (82494)c. 1930Bellevue Diner, located at Montgomeryville, Pa., on R…
1940s–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.
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Today3 recent
PA 463 wb approaching PA 309, June 20232023PA 463 wb approaching PA 309, June 2023US 202 BUS-PA 309 NB at PA 4632021US 202 BUS-PA 309 NB at PA 463US Route 202 - Pennsylvania2008US Route 202 - Pennsylvania
On the map

Montgomeryville on the map, 1942 to 1984

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

Montgomeryville on the 1942 USGS mapMontgomeryville on the 1984 USGS map1942Norristown sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Montgomeryville.

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.

Bellevue Diner, located at Montgomeryville, PA., on Route U.S. 310 - 202 (85433)
Retake this viewBellevue Diner, located at Montgomeryville, PA., on Route U.S. 310 - 202 (85433), c. 1930

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Montgomeryville

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

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

People over time

Montgomeryville, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00020002020Peak: 12,998

Between 9,114 and 12,998 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Montgomeryville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Winfield Scott HancockUnited States Army officer · b. 1824
RozesAmerican singer · b. 1993
Adam Martin WyantAmerican politician · b. 1869
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Montgomery Township2 historic placesBLansdale3 historic placesB+Hatfield Township3 historic placesB+

Questions about Montgomeryville’s history

What year was Montgomeryville founded?

The Montgomeryville post office opened in 1831, 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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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 (5), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.