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More historic than 89% of U.S. towns · #203 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 163 buildings. Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1910.
Red Hill dates its founding to 1836 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1910.
More historic than 89% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Red Hill is more historic than 89% of U.S. towns, #203 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Red Hill’s 649 sits above most of its state (95% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 163 historic buildings outnumber those of 92% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Red Hill’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Red Hill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Red Hill.
From Wikipedia’s history of Red Hill.
The Red Hill Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The borough is home to the Red Hill Band, which is older than the borough itself.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Red Hill, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Red Hill — Late in the seventies a post office was established at this point. This "hill" is located on the old turnpike road, about one mile below the former village of Hillegassville. At that time there was a store kept there, the proprietor of which was selling out, and there being no other place for a post office to be housed, it was moved to the store at what is now Red Hill. This village had its real beginning in 1836, when Jacob A. Hillegass built a large general store building as well as a spacious dwelling house. In 1884, records of the place show that the
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was formerly known as Hillegassville, finally divided into upper and lower villages, was established by the various members of the Hillegass family, but now the name, as denoting a village, is not on the county maps, but instead, the borough of Red Hill is found, the same being a railway station. This particular part of the place was commenced in 1836 by Jacob A. Hillegass, who there built a large store. See other chapters on Boroughs for Red Hill and Greenville boroughs.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyGrew from 664 people in 1910 to 2,496 in 2020, 3 times over.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Red Hill’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Red Hill itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1836, according to Wikidata. Red Hill’s post office opened in 1859, and the census of 1910 counted 664 people here.
Red Hill is more historic than 89% of U.S. towns, #203 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
One place: the Red Hill Historic District (listed 1985).
15% of Red Hill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.1 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1983.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
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