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More historic than 46% of U.S. towns · #797 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1894 on, and the census since 1900.
The Sharon Hill post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1890.
More historic than 46% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Sharon Hill is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #797 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Sharon Hill’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sharon Hill’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sharon Hill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sharon Hill.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sharon Hill yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Sharon Hill is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sharon Hill had a population of 6,014.
Its first post office opened in 1872. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,697 to 6,014 (+6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Sharon Hill, cut from the printed page as they were published.
which had been conducted a constantly-growing passenger and freight traflSc since 1837. This meant the construction of a new line from Gray's Ferry, on the Schuylkill, through Darby, Sharon Hill, and other old settlements in the highlands overlooking the Delaware River, besides opening a new region for settlements in the neighborhood of the great city.
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number of years. In 1887 he engaged in the meat business on his own account, locating at the corner of Seventy-second street and Woodland avenue, and continued the same until 1895, meeting with a fair degree of success. In the latter named year he removed to Sharon Hill, and for the following ten years was employed in the meat business, working for various parties, and in 1905 established a meat and grocery store in Sharon Hill, of which he is the proprietor at the present time. He is moderate in his charges, keeps nothing but the best of goods, and being a man of keen business acumen, success has
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Delaware County - Sharon Hill - ED…
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
Born hereJalen Duren is born hereOne decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2025Sharon Hill, PA post office, Nov. 2025
2025Sharon Hill, PA Borough Office, Nov. 2025
2025Former Bethel Gospel Tabernacle Church, Sharon Hill, …
2017Sharon Hill DelCo PA Public Library
2017Sharon Hill Commons apts DelCo PA
2017Old Holy Spirit Sharon Hill DelCo PA
2017Holy Spirit Parish
2015PSTC 9 (Brilliner) appoaching Sharon Hill, PA Station…
2015PSTC 8 (Brilliner) at end of line at Sharon Hill, PA …
2007Sharon hill, Delaware County, PennsylvaniaNo then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Sharon Hill’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 1,058 and 7,464 people in every census since 1900.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Sharon Hill’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Sharon Hill’s post office has been open since 1872.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Sharon Hill post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1890.
Sharon Hill is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #797 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
26% of Sharon Hill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.4 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1954.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (11), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
