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History · Riddlesburg

Riddlesburg’s post office opened in 1862, and 47% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers and maps from 1968 on.

1862first post office
0on the National Register
47%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Riddlesburg’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Riddlesburg began

When was Riddlesburg founded?

1862

The Riddlesburg post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name.

164 years
Founding year: the first Riddlesburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Riddlesburg’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Riddlesburg’s homes were built before 1961.
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Start Riddlesburg’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo3 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewCompany houses near slagheap. Riddlesbu…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Riddlesburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Riddlesburg.

Read it all →

The village features a post office, and an auto garage. There was once a grocery store but it went out of business.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Riddlesburg, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s1 item
Company houses near slagheap. Riddlesburg, Pennsylvania1937Company houses near slagheap. Riddlesburg, Pennsylvan…
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Date unknown3 to date
Kemble Coal & Iron CompanyDate?Kemble Coal & Iron CompanyKemble Coal & Iron CompanyDate?Kemble Coal & Iron CompanyKemble Coal & Iron CompanyDate?Kemble Coal & Iron Company
On the map

Riddlesburg on the map, 1968 to 1994

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

Riddlesburg on the 1968 USGS mapRiddlesburg on the 1973 USGS mapRiddlesburg on the 1994 USGS map1968Hopewell sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Riddlesburg.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Company houses near slagheap. Riddlesburg, Pennsylvania
Retake this viewCompany houses near slagheap. Riddlesburg, Pennsylvania, 1937

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Riddlesburg’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Broad Top Township1 historic placeA−Liberty TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Riddlesburg’s history

What year was Riddlesburg founded?

The Riddlesburg post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 the Library of Congress (4), Wikipedia 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.