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History · Spring Mount

Spring Mount’s post office opened in 1887

Most of Spring Mount was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987.

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How Spring Mount began

When was Spring Mount founded?

1887

The Spring Mount post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 2,338139 years
Founding year: the first Spring Mount post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Spring Mount’s past

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

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The story so far

Spring Mount, in brief

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

Spring Mount is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lower Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,259 at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,259 to 2,338 (+3%).

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

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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 Spring Mount

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

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Frederick MuhlenbergAmerican politician and first Speaker of the Un… · b. 1750
Horace AshenfelterAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1923
Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst MuhlenbergUnited States botanist and Lutheran clergyman · b. 1753
Jimmy PopAmerican musician · b. 1972
Peter MuhlenbergAmerican politician · b. 1746
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Lisa WaltzAmerican actress · b. 1961
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lower Frederick Township2 historic placesBUpper Salford Township2 historic placesA

Questions about Spring Mount’s history

What year was Spring Mount founded?

The Spring Mount post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 →