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History · Orchard Hills

25% of Orchard Hills’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1907 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Orchard Hills’ 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 Orchard Hills are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19075 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1993. Watch Orchard Hills change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Orchard Hills’s history is told.

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On the map

Orchard Hills on the map, 1907 to 1993

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

Orchard Hills on the 1907 USGS mapOrchard Hills on the 1953 USGS mapOrchard Hills on the 1969 USGS mapOrchard Hills on the 1979 USGS mapOrchard Hills on the 1993 USGS map1907Freeport 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 Orchard Hills.

The story so far

Orchard Hills, in brief

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

Orchard Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,949 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,952 in 2010, 1,949 in 2020.

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Orchard Hills

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

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William PerryAmerican mathematician and businessman, former … · b. 1927
Alexis KnappAmerican actress · b. 1989
Adam MaidaCatholic cardinal · b. 1930
Jaira BurnsAmerican singer · b. 1997
Jill CoreyAmerican popular standards singer · b. 1935
Charles Howard McIlwainAmerican constitutional historian · b. 1871
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Kiskiminetas TownshipIts storyB−Apollo1 historic placeANorth ApolloIts storyC+OklahomaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBell TownshipIts storyB

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.