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History · Stiles

Stiles’ post office opened in 1901, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Stiles began

When was Stiles founded?

1901

The Stiles post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,070125 years
Founding year: the first Stiles post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stiles’ 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 Stiles are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Stiles’ homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stiles’s history is told.

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The story so far

Stiles, in brief

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

Stiles is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) that is located in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,113. Stiles is part of the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. It uses the Whitehall Township ZIP Code of 18052.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,113 to 1,070 (-4%).

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 Stiles

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

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Amanda SeyfriedAmerican actress · b. 1985
Lil PeepAmerican rapper · b. 1996
Dane DeHaanAmerican actor · b. 1986
H.D.American Imagist poet · b. 1886
Keith JarrettAmerican jazz/classical pianist and composer · b. 1945
Lee IacoccaAmerican businessman · b. 1924
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Whitehall Township5 historic placesACoplay1 historic placeA

Questions about Stiles’ history

What year was Stiles founded?

The Stiles post office opened in 1901, 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 →