Shohola Township’s post office opened in 1851, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 36% of U.S. towns · #896 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Most of Shohola Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Its Register listing is the Shohola Glen Hotel. Below: 12 old photos and papers and maps from 1913 on.
From Shohola Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers
How Shohola Township began
When was Shohola Township founded?
1851
The Shohola Township post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Pond Eddy (1880), Parkers Glen (1884) and Shohola Falls (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 2,528175 years
How historic is Shohola Township?
C+
More historic than 36% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Shohola Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Shohola Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Shohola Township is more historic than 36% of U.S. towns, #896 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Shohola Township’s overall grade.
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 Shohola Township’s 3.8 sits near the middle of its state (64% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. The pre-1940 share (±2.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
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 →
What stands out about Shohola Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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.
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Shohola Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1913Milford 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 Shohola Township.
The story so far
Shohola Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Shohola Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Shohola is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 434 at the Delaware River, which forms the state line with New York; Barryville is across the river. Shohola has a post office with ZIP code 18458.
Its first post office opened in 1851. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,475 to 2,528 (+2%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Shohola Township, 1851 to 1968
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Shohola Township post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Shohola Township rank for history?
Shohola Township is more historic than 36% of U.S. towns, #896 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.
What is on the National Register in Shohola Township?
One place: the Shohola Glen Hotel (listed 1997).
How old are the homes in Shohola Township?
5% of Shohola Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.5 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1976.
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 (12), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
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