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REINHOLDS STATION TRINITY CHAPEL, LANCASTER COUNTY, PAPhoto: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Reinholds

Reinholds’ post office opened in 1923, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Reinholds was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1902 on.

1923first post office
1on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0
Quick answers

How Reinholds began

When was Reinholds founded?

1923

The Reinholds post office opened in 1923, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,786103 years
Founding year: the first Reinholds post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Reinholds’ 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 Reinholds are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19025 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1974. Watch Reinholds change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reinholds’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Reinholds on the map, 1902 to 1974

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

Reinholds on the 1902 USGS mapReinholds on the 1943 USGS mapReinholds on the 1955 USGS mapReinholds on the 1968 USGS mapReinholds on the 1974 USGS map1902Wernersville 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 Reinholds.

The story so far

Reinholds, in brief

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

Reinholds is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in West Cocalico Township, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,803. The Reinholds Station Trinity Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Its first post office opened in 1923. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,803 in 2010, 1,786 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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Reinholds

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

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

West Cocalico Township4 historic placesB+East Cocalico Township2 historic placesA−

Questions about Reinholds’ history

What year was Reinholds founded?

The Reinholds post office opened in 1923, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.