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History · Rouzerville

Rouzerville’s post office opened in 1898

Most of Rouzerville was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1982 on.

1898first post office
0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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From Rouzerville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Rouzerville began

When was Rouzerville founded?

1898

The Rouzerville post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 903128 years
Founding year: the first Rouzerville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rouzerville’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.
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Start Rouzerville’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewRed Run Lodge: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Rouzerville, in brief

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

Rouzerville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 903 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1898. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 917 in 2010, 903 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Rouzerville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
Red Run Lodge1982Red Run Lodge
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.

Red Run Lodge
Retake this viewRed Run Lodge, 1982

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

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pen MarIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayne HeightsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Rouzerville’s history

What year was Rouzerville founded?

The Rouzerville post office opened in 1898, 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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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 (1) and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.