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Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1955 on, and the census since 1880.
Strausstown dates its founding to 1840 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Strausstown’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Strausstown yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Strausstown is a census-designated place and former borough located in Upper Tulpehocken Township, Pennsylvania. The population was 342 at the 2010 census.
Strausstown was established in 1840. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 342 to 409 (+20%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveMiller's Hotel, Strausstown, Pa (68560)
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyPassages that mention Strausstown, cut from the printed page as they were published.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church is in the village of Strausstown. It is a frame building, erected in 1861 by Dr. W. J. Schoener, Jonathan G. Reber and John Strause, as a building committee. The membership was small when the church was built, only about a dozen belonging. Rev. J. M. Ditzler was their pastor. Subsequently the congregation had the ministry of the Eevs. Graves, Mortz, Cut-
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ica. They were farmers, and reared large and honorable families, record of whose progeny is found in these volumes. The reunions of 1905, 1907 and 1909 were held at Strausstown, in Upper Tulpehocken township. This town perpetuates the family name in the county.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Strausstown. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Strausstown.
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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Strausstown’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 310 and 401 people in every census since 1880.
10 censuses, 1880–2010.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Strausstown’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Strausstown itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
In 1840, according to Wikidata. Strausstown’s post office opened in 1847, and the census of 1880 counted 310 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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