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History · Newburg

Newburg’s post office opened in 1825, and 48% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1923 on and the census since 1870.

1825first post office
0on the National Register
48%homes built before 1940
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How Newburg began

When was Newburg founded?

1825

The Newburg post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 392 in 18702020 census: 364201 years
Founding year: the first Newburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Newburg’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 Newburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost half of its people between 1880 and 1920, then more than doubled.Old housesHalf of Newburg’s homes were built before 1952.Deep rootsA post office since 1825: 201 years of Newburg.
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Start Newburg’s collection

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

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People over time

Newburg, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020433 in 1880Low: 180

Lost half of its people between 1880 and 1920, then more than doubled.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

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

The story so far

Newburg, in brief

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

Newburg is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 364 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area.

Its first post office opened in 1825. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 336 to 364 (+8%).

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

Timeline

Newburg, 1825 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1825Post officeThe Newburg post office opens
  3. 1880CensusPopulation peaks at 433
  4. 20th century
  5. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Newburg, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Old firestation2015Old firestationBoro office Newburg CumberCo PA2015Boro office Newburg CumberCo PAFlickr - USCapitol - The Smithsonian Institution, 18552011Flickr - USCapitol - The Smithsonian Institution, 1855
On the map

Newburg on the map, 1923 to 1973

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

Newburg on the 1923 USGS mapNewburg on the 1943 USGS mapNewburg on the 1966 USGS mapNewburg on the 1973 USGS map1923Shippensburg 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 Newburg.

Famous people

Famous people close to Newburg

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

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Lil SkiesAmerican rapper · b. 1998
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John PutchAmerican actor, filmmaker · b. 1961
Christopher T. DonahueAmerican Army general · b. 1969
Daniel Ridgway KnightAmerican artist · b. 1839
William V. MongActor, screenwriter, film director · b. 1875

Questions about Newburg’s history

What year was Newburg founded?

The Newburg post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.