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History · New Ringgold

New Ringgold’s post office opened in 1861, and 56% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: the census since 1880.

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How New Ringgold began

When was New Ringgold founded?

1861

The New Ringgold post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1867.

First census: 100 in 18802020 census: 253165 years
Founding year: the first New Ringgold post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1867.

What stands out about New Ringgold’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 New Ringgold are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of New Ringgold’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

New Ringgold, in brief

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

New Ringgold is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 253 at the time of the 2020 census. ZIP Code 17960 serves the borough and portions of East Brunswick Township and West Penn Township. The town serves as a crossroad between state routes 443 and 895. The crossroads create a minor problem for trucks turning onto PA 895, because there is no stop light and cars are not required to stop. The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad runs through the heart of the town.

Its first post office opened in 1861. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 276 to 253 (-8%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about New Ringgold, 1907–1916

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

next day, Feb 11, 1899, he became an employee of the riiiladolphia & Reading Kailway Company as section laborer at New Ringgold, under Foreman I'ranklin Reichelderfer, and so continued until Sept. ii, 1907, when he succeeded to the foremanship of Section No. 36, which includes the trackage from hal…
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania1916 · page 457Read the page →
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next day, Feb 11, 1899, he became an employee of the riiiladolphia & Reading Kailway Company as section laborer at New Ringgold, under Foreman I'ranklin Reichelderfer, and so continued until Sept. ii, 1907, when he succeeded to the foremanship of Section No. 36, which includes the trackage from half a mile below New Ringgold to two miles below Reynolds. Fie has bten employed in that capacity to the present time, with a record for tnistworthiness which has gained him the respect of all his superiors.

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of Llewellyn and Donaldson and the congregation at Newtown, which he had organized. In 1901 he accepted a call to become pastor of the Auburn Reformed charge. This charge included the Old Red church congregation,, and those at New Ringgold and Port Clinton, and subsequently the one which he organiz…
History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania ... including a genealogical and biographical record of many families and persons in the county1907 · page 480Read the page →
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of Llewellyn and Donaldson and the congregation at Newtown, which he had organized. In 1901 he accepted a call to become pastor of the Auburn Reformed charge. This charge included the Old Red church congregation,, and those at New Ringgold and Port Clinton, and subsequently the one which he organized at Landingville. His present pastorate dates from April, 1905, when he relinquished his Auburn charge to accept it. The church heretofore known as the Jerusalem church was owned jointly by the Lutheran and Reformed

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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

New Ringgold, decade by decade

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People over time

New Ringgold, census by census

010020030018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 315

Between 100 and 315 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to New Ringgold

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

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G. Raymond NyeAmerican actor · b. 1889
Vincent CarterAmerican politician · b. 1891
Tim HoldenAmerican politician · b. 1957
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Kimberly BergalisAmerican AIDS victim · b. 1968
Elisha HoffmanAmerican minister, hymn composer · b. 1839
Henry AurandUnited States general · b. 1894

Questions about New Ringgold’s history

What year was New Ringgold founded?

The New Ringgold post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1867.

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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 (15), U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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.