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History · Riegelsville

Riegelsville’s post office opened in 1847, and 65% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Benjamin Riegel House. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1890 on, and the census since 1880.

1847first post office
1on the National Register
65%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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How Riegelsville began

When was Riegelsville founded?

1847

The Riegelsville post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 308 in 18802020 census: 847179 years
Founding year: the first Riegelsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Riegelsville’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18907 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1997. Watch Riegelsville change.Old housesHalf of Riegelsville’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1847: 179 years of Riegelsville.
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Start Riegelsville’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps -…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Riegelsville on the map, 1890 to 1997

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

Riegelsville on the 1890 USGS mapRiegelsville on the 1932 USGS mapRiegelsville on the 1943 USGS mapRiegelsville on the 1953 USGS mapRiegelsville on the 1968 USGS mapRiegelsville on the 1973 USGS mapRiegelsville on the 1997 USGS map1890Easton 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 Riegelsville.

The story

How Riegelsville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Riegelsville.

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Benjamin Riegel founded Riegelsville. The original, and now historic, Riegelsville Inn that he built in 1838 still stands. This historic stone inn has offered food and lodging to Bucks County travelers for over 160 years. The community was named for the Riegel family, as early landowners. They established paper mills across the Delaware River in Warren County, New Jersey.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Riegelsville, 1832 to 1890

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1832BuiltBenjamin Riegel House is built
  3. 1847Post officeThe Riegelsville post office opens
  4. 1861Born hereCharles Bunstein Stover is born here
  5. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Bucks County - Durham - ED 9-35
  6. 1890On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Riegelsville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Bucks County - Durham - ED 9-3518801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania …
1890s–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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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.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Bucks County - Durham - ED 9-35
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Bucks County - Durham - ED 9-35, 1880

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Riegelsville

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1987
Benjamin Riegel House
Benjamin Riegel House, built 1832
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Georgian1
Federal1
Greek Revival1
Italianate1
Benjamin Riegel HouseGeorgian · Built 1832

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

People over time

Riegelsville, census by census

02004006008001,00018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,050

Between 308 and 1,050 people in every census since 1880.

12 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Riegelsville’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Riegelsville’s post office has been open since 1847.

Gone or out of use
Riegelsville Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Riegelsville
Riegelsville Union

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Durham Township1 historic placeA

Questions about Riegelsville’s history

What year was Riegelsville founded?

The Riegelsville post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Riegelsville?

One place: the Benjamin Riegel House (listed 1987).

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 Wikimedia Commons (17), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.