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History · Spinnerstown

Spinnerstown’s post office opened in 1825, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Spinnerstown was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1850 on.

1825first post office
1on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Spinnerstown’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Spinnerstown began

When was Spinnerstown founded?

1825

The Spinnerstown post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,697201 years
Founding year: the first Spinnerstown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Spinnerstown’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1825: 201 years of Spinnerstown.
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Start Spinnerstown’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Spinnerstown’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Descri…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Spinnerstown, in brief

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

Spinnerstown is a census-designated place in Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located just northwest of the Quakertown interchange of I-476 with Route 663. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,671 residents. The community was named for the Spinner family, which settled in 1753. While the village has a PO Box post office with the zip code of 18968, the surrounding area uses the Quakertown zip code of 18951. It is located on the Molasses Creek, which drains via the Unami Creek into the Perkiomen Creek. Milford Township's government centre is located at 2100 Krammes Road, just southeast of the village. The Spinner House was added to the National Registe…

Its first post office opened in 1825. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,826 to 1,697 (-7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Spinnerstown, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1850s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1850s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Bucks County - ED 9-49, ED 9-50, ED 9-5118501940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Penns…
Today3 recent
Bucks county2014Bucks countySpinnerstown Hotel, Spinnerstown PA 22012Spinnerstown Hotel, Spinnerstown PA 2Spinnerstown Hotel, Spinnerstown PA 12012Spinnerstown Hotel, Spinnerstown PA 1
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Bucks County - ED 9-49, ED 9-50, ED 9-51
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Bucks County - ED 9-49, ED 9-50, ED 9-51, 1850

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Spinnerstown

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Spinnerstown

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

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Frank BuchmanEvangelical theologist · b. 1878
Jan ShepardAmerican actor and television actor · b. 1928
Jamie MoyerAmerican baseball pitcher · b. 1962
Katlyn ChookagianAmerican mixed martial arts fighter · b. 1988
Bill MenschAmerican computer chip engineer · b. 1945
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Clayton AlderferPsychologist · b. 1940
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Milford Square1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Spinnerstown’s history

What year was Spinnerstown founded?

The Spinnerstown post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (4). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.