Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1849.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Tremont’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tremont is more historic than 77% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tremont’s overall grade.
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Tremont’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.8 points). Two sources give 1844.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Tremont’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
According to historian Samuel T. Wiley, no major buildings had been erected, by 1844, on the land that would eventually become the borough of Tremont, while historians Adolf Schalck and David Henning stated that a concerted settlement effort began here sometime that year, "stimulated by the extensive coal developments in the vicinity."
Within four years, the Tremont Iron Works had been established by Umholtz & Lentz (1847) and a new post office had been established there (1848) with John B. Zeibach serving as its first postmaster. The first National Bank of Tremont subsequently opened its doors in 1865.
Clair, one to Minersville and Tremont, another ran from Tuscarora to Tamaqua. The Philadelphia lines stopped at our house, too, but these were discontinued with the advent of the Reading Railroad in 1849. The others ran until 1872, when the People's Railway was built to Minersville and the Schuylkill Valley branch of the Pennsylvania Railway was opened to St.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
By decade
Tremont, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
In 1844, according to Wikidata. Tremont’s post office opened in 1849.
How does Tremont rank for history?
Tremont is more historic than 77% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Tremont?
57% of Tremont’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.8 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1938.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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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