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Trevorton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Zerbe Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,834 at the 2010 census.
Its first post office opened in 1850. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,834 to 1,759 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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quehanna and Union Bridge Company, with a capital of two hundred thousand dollars, for the erection of a bridge across the Susquehanna river at any point within live miles below the mouth of Mahanoy ci-eek. These two companies— the Trevorton, Mahanoy, and Siisquehanna Eailroad Company and the Susquehanna and "Union Bridge Company — were consolidated luider the name of the Trevorton and Susquehanna Eailroad Company on the "ioth of April, 1854. A railroad fourteen and one half miles in length was constructed from Trevorton to the Susquehanna river; a wooden bridge thirty-
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The Shamokin and Trevorton Railroad, extending from Shamokin to Trevorton, a distance of eight miles, was opened to travel on the 2d of August, 1869, when the running of through trains from Shamokin to Herndon was inaugurated. It is now operated as part of the Herndon branch of the Williamsport division, with stations at Shamokin, Water Station, Kulp's, and Trevorton.
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throughout the United States. In 1853 he came to Georgetown for the purpose of getting out the stone for the railroad bridge at Hemdon; he was subsequently appointed foreman in the construction of the railroad between Trevorton and Hemdon, afterwards bridge tender, and held the latter position until 1870, when the bridge was condemned and removed. While he held this position he was also express agent and postmaster. Since the removal of the bridge Mr. Lamb has been connected with the postal service and engaged in various enterprises. He was married in 1858 to Susan
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the Middle anthracite coal field from personal surveys, and located the route for a railroad from Shamokin to Pottsville. He was principally engaged in professional work in Schuylkill county from 1844 to 1S50, and in the latter year laid out Trevorton. He was chief engineer in the survey and construction of what is now known as the Herndon branch of the Philadelphia and Keading railroad, and was subsequently connected in a similar capacity with the Philadelphia and Sunbnrjrailroad; he also performed a large amount of very important engineering work at the various collieries of the Shamokin
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The Trevorton post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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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 →
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