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History · Trevose

Half of Trevose’s homes were built after 1964

Most of Trevose was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1964.

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8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Trevose’s 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 Trevose are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Trevose’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Trevose’s history is told.

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The story

How Trevose came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Trevose.

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The community is named after the Growden Mansion, the homestead of settler Joseph Growden. The homestead was named after Growden's homestead in England (Growden was Cornish; Trevose is from the Cornish word Trenfos for farm.).

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By decade

Trevose, decade by decade

Today3 recent
EF3 damage in2021EF3 damage inTrevose, PA2016Trevose, PABucks county2014Bucks county
Famous people

2 famous people were born in Trevose

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Edward G. Biester, Jr.American politician · b. 1931
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Ken ReynoldsAmerican baseball player · b. 1947
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

FeastervilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLower Southampton TownshipIts storyC−Bensalem Township6 historic placesC+

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.