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History · Runville

Runville’s post office opened in 1897, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1908 on.

1897first post office
0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
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How Runville began

When was Runville founded?

1897

The Runville post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 299129 years
Founding year: the first Runville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Runville’s 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 Runville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19084 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1998. Watch Runville change.Old housesHalf of Runville’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Runville’s history is told.

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On the map

Runville on the map, 1908 to 1998

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

Runville on the 1908 USGS mapRunville on the 1962 USGS mapRunville on the 1971 USGS mapRunville on the 1998 USGS map1908Bellefonte 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 Runville.

The story so far

Runville, in brief

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

Runville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in north-central Centre County, in the western part of Boggs Township. It sits in the valley of Wallace Run, a southward-flowing tributary of Bald Eagle Creek, part of the West Branch Susquehanna River watershed. Pennsylvania Route 144 is the main road through the community; it leads south and east 4 miles (6 km) to Milesburg and northwest up the Allegheny Front 9 miles (14 km) to Snow Shoe.

Its first post office opened in 1897.

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Runville

Nobody well known was born in Runville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jonathan FrakesAmerican actor and director · b. 1952
Jeff VanderMeerAmerican writer · b. 1968
Glenn ThompsonU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania · b. 1959
Andrew Gregg CurtinAmerican politician · b. 1815
George Grey BarnardAmerican sculptor · b. 1863
John Montgomery WardAmerican Major League Baseball pitcher, shortst… · b. 1860

Questions about Runville’s history

What year was Runville founded?

The Runville post office opened in 1897, 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.