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Hamilton Boulevard wb, Wescosville, PA (2), Nov. 2023Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 4.0
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History · Wescosville

Wescosville’s post office opened in 1845

Most of Wescosville was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1936 on.

1845first post office
0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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From Wescosville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Wescosville began

When was Wescosville founded?

1845

The Wescosville post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 6,039181 years
Founding year: the first Wescosville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Wescosville’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1845: 181 years of Wescosville.
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Start Wescosville’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1936 - Park Valley Inn Matchcover Allen…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Wescosville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Wescosville.

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Wescosville was named after Philip Wesco, who operated a local inn in the 1820s.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Wescosville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s1 item
1936 - Park Valley Inn Matchcover Allentown PA19361936 - Park Valley Inn Matchcover Allentown PA
1940s–1990snothing yet
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.
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Today3 recent
Hamilton Boulevard wb, Wescosville, PA (2), Nov. 20232023Hamilton Boulevard wb, Wescosville, PA (2), Nov. 2023Hamilton Boulevard wb, Wescosville, PA (1), Nov. 20232023Hamilton Boulevard wb, Wescosville, PA (1), Nov. 2023Lehigh county2014Lehigh county
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

1936 - Park Valley Inn Matchcover Allentown PA
Retake this view1936 - Park Valley Inn Matchcover Allentown PA, 1936

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Wescosville’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lower Macungie Township1 historic placeC+South Whitehall Township3 historic placesB+Upper Macungie TownshipIts storyC−

Questions about Wescosville’s history

What year was Wescosville founded?

The Wescosville post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (4), 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.