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History · Seven Valleys

Seven Valleys dates to 1740, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bridge 5+92, Northern Central Railway.

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1on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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How Seven Valleys began

When was Seven Valleys founded?

1740

Seven Valleys dates its founding to 1740 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1841.

2020 census: 480286 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1841.The full story ↓

What stands out about Seven Valleys’ 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 Seven Valleys are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Older than the countryEstablished in 1740, 36 years before the Declaration of Independence.Old housesHalf of Seven Valleys’ homes were built before 1960.
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The story

How Seven Valleys came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Seven Valleys.

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The Seven Valleys basin was settled by forty families of the German Lutheran and Reformed faiths. They originated in the Hunsruck Mountains of the Rhineland Palatinate and arrived in this valley of the Codorus during the early fall of 1738. The lush meadows and gently rolling hills here reminded them of their homeland, even to the presence of seven valleys in the vicinity, and they called it Das Siebenthal, which in German means Seven Valleys.

By 1752 these religious hardworking farmers had organized churches and parochial schools, and holding fast to their German heritage, worshipped God and taught their children in the Pfalzer dialect of the German language for nearly 150 years.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Seven Valleys, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Pennsylvania State Route 2142012Pennsylvania State Route 214Seven Valleys, PA Keystone Marker2009Seven Valleys, PA Keystone MarkerPennsylvania State Route 2142009Pennsylvania State Route 214Pennsylvania State Route 2142009Pennsylvania State Route 214Pennsylvania State Route 2142009Pennsylvania State Route 214Pennsylvania State Route 2142009Pennsylvania State Route 214
On the National Register

1 historic place in Seven Valleys

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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each building in a district counts
first listed
1995
Bridge 5+92, Northern Central Railway
Bridge 5+92, Northern Central Railway
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Girder Bridge1
Bridge 5+92, Northern Central RailwayGirder Bridge

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Seven Valleys

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

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Cameron MitchellAmerican actor · b. 1918
Isaac Newton LewisAmerican soldier and inventor of the Lewis gun · b. 1858
William F. GoodlingAmerican politician · b. 1927
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Eugene GeeseyAmerican politician · b. 1931
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Michael BortnerAmerican politician · b. 1949
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Edgar M. Ruhlb. 1841
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

North Codorus Township3 historic placesBSpringfield Township1 historic placeC+

Questions about Seven Valleys’ history

What year was Seven Valleys founded?

In 1740, according to Wikidata. Seven Valleys’ post office opened in 1841.

What is on the National Register in Seven Valleys?

One place: the Bridge 5+92, Northern Central Railway (listed 1995).

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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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.