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History · Slabtown

15% of Slabtown’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Slabtown’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 Slabtown are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1975. Watch Slabtown change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Slabtown’s history is told.

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On the map

Slabtown on the map, 1889 to 1975

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

Slabtown on the 1889 USGS mapSlabtown on the 1892 USGS mapSlabtown on the 1947 USGS mapSlabtown on the 1955 USGS mapSlabtown on the 1969 USGS mapSlabtown on the 1975 USGS map1889Catawissa 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 Slabtown.

The story so far

Slabtown, in brief

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

Slabtown is a census-designated place in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 145 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 156 to 145 (-7%).

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 Slabtown

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

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Haldan Keffer HartlineAmerican neuroscientist · b. 1903
Krysten RitterAmerican actress · b. 1981
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Ellen Albertini DowAmerican actress · b. 1913
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Eddie CostaAmerican jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist · b. 1930
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Emile SantiagoAmerican costume designer · b. 1899
Frank Eugene LutzAmerican entomologist · b. 1879

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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.