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History · Timber Hills

Half of Timber Hills’ homes were built after 1977

Most of Timber Hills was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940

What stands out about Timber Hills’ past

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

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

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The story so far

Timber Hills, in brief

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

Timber Hills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 360 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 360 to 390 (+8%).

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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On the map

Timber Hills on the map, 1943 to 1995

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

Timber Hills on the 1943 USGS mapTimber Hills on the 1955 USGS mapTimber Hills on the 1969 USGS mapTimber Hills on the 1975 USGS mapTimber Hills on the 1995 USGS map1943Lancaster 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 Timber Hills.

Famous people

Famous people close to Timber Hills

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

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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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.