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History · Natrona Heights

Natrona Heights’ post office opened in 1927, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1980 on.

1927first post office
0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
5famous people
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From Natrona Heights’ archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Natrona Heights began

When was Natrona Heights founded?

1927

The Natrona Heights post office opened in 1927, the earliest record of the town by name.

99 years
Founding year: the first Natrona Heights post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Natrona Heights’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Natrona Heights’ homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Natrona Heights’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 viewEdgewood Trailer Court after 1980 torna…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Natrona Heights, in brief

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

Natrona Heights is an unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Western Pennsylvania within the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, approximately 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Pittsburgh. Natrona Heights is situated near the Allegheny River, Natrona, Brackenridge, and Tarentum.

Its first post office opened in 1927.

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

Timeline

Natrona Heights, 1932 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1932Born hereTom Young is born here
  3. 1948Born hereJohn Filo is born here
  4. 1962Born hereGreg Christy is born here
  5. 1966Born hereLarry Kulick is born here
  6. 1980In the archiveEdgewood Trailer Court after 1980 tornado
By decade

Natrona Heights, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
Edgewood Trailer Court after 1980 tornado1980Edgewood Trailer Court after 1980 tornado
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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Today5 recent
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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.

Edgewood Trailer Court after 1980 tornado
Retake this viewEdgewood Trailer Court after 1980 tornado, 1980

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

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Famous people

5 famous people were born in Natrona Heights

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

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Larry KulickBishop in the Roman Catholic Church · b. 1966
John FiloAmerican photographer · b. 1948
Tom YoungAmerican basketball coach · b. 1932
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Greg ChristyAmerican football player · b. 1962
Jeff ChristyAmerican football player · b. 1969
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Natrona1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison Township2 historic placesA−BrackenridgeIts storyC+

Questions about Natrona Heights’ history

What year was Natrona Heights founded?

The Natrona Heights post office opened in 1927, 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) and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.