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History · Palmer Heights

1 of Palmer Heights’ places is on the National Register

Most of Palmer Heights was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1894 on.

1on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Palmer Heights’ 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 Palmer Heights are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18947 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1992. Watch Palmer Heights change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Palmer Heights’s history is told.

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On the map

Palmer Heights on the map, 1894 to 1992

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

Palmer Heights on the 1894 USGS mapPalmer Heights on the 1939 USGS mapPalmer Heights on the 1957 USGS mapPalmer Heights on the 1964 USGS mapPalmer Heights on the 1972 USGS mapPalmer Heights on the 1983 USGS mapPalmer Heights on the 1992 USGS map1894Allentown 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 Palmer Heights.

The story so far

Palmer Heights, in brief

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

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,762 in 2010, 3,734 in 2020.

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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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Palmer Heights

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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

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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.