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History · Tuscarora

Tuscarora’s post office opened in 1830, and 71% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

1830first post office
0on the National Register
71%homes built before 1940
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How Tuscarora began

When was Tuscarora founded?

1830

The Tuscarora post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 375196 years
Founding year: the first Tuscarora post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Tuscarora’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 Tuscarora are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18926 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1999. Watch Tuscarora change.Old housesHalf of Tuscarora’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1830: 196 years of Tuscarora.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tuscarora’s history is told.

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On the map

Tuscarora on the map, 1892 to 1999

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

Tuscarora on the 1892 USGS mapTuscarora on the 1949 USGS mapTuscarora on the 1954 USGS mapTuscarora on the 1969 USGS mapTuscarora on the 1976 USGS mapTuscarora on the 1999 USGS map1892Mahanoy 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 Tuscarora.

The story

How Tuscarora came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Tuscarora.

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Tuscarora derives its name from the movement of the Tuscarora people from their homelands in the Carolinas to New York during the aftermath of the Tuscarora War in the early 18th century. A part of the transitory Tuscarora settled at a point approximately two miles west of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, where they planted apple trees and lived for a number of years. It is probable that it was these Tuscarora who were later moved to Oquaga.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Tuscarora, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Tuscarora, PA - Schuylkill County2021Tuscarora, PA - Schuylkill CountyTuskarora Fire Co, Schuylkill Co PA 012015Tuskarora Fire Co, Schuylkill Co PA 01St Bertha Church, Tuskarora PA 022015St Bertha Church, Tuskarora PA 02St Bertha Church, Tuskarora PA 012015St Bertha Church, Tuskarora PA 01Post Office, Tuskarora PA2015Post Office, Tuskarora PA

Questions about Tuscarora’s history

What year was Tuscarora founded?

The Tuscarora post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (5), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.