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History · West Marlborough Township

54% of West Marlborough Township’s homes were built before 1940

6 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 26 buildings. Below: maps from 1904 on.

6on the National Register
54%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about West Marlborough Township’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s West Marlborough Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of West Marlborough Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of West Marlborough Township’s homes were built before 1938.A historic districtThe Doe Run Village Historic District takes in 26 historic buildings.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

London Grove
1810–1934
Doe Run
1827–1916
Leonard
1887–1916
Derbytown
1893–1910
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ClonmellDoe RunGreen LawnSpringdellUpland
Gone or out of use
Derrydown Post Officepost officeLeonard Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside West Marlborough Township
London Grove FriendsMount Olive African Methodist Episcopal

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Start West Marlborough Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how West Marlborough Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

West Marlborough Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of West Marlborough Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 814 in 2010, 819 in 2020.

Timeline

West Marlborough Township, 1810 to 1934

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1810Post officeThe London Grove post office opens
  3. 1827Post officeThe Doe Run post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Leonard post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1916Post officeThe Doe Run post office closes
  8. 1916Post officeThe Leonard post office closes
  9. 1934Post officeThe London Grove post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

West Marlborough Township on the map, 1904 to 1992

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

West Marlborough Township on the 1904 USGS mapWest Marlborough Township on the 1918 USGS mapWest Marlborough Township on the 1943 USGS mapWest Marlborough Township on the 1953 USGS mapWest Marlborough Township on the 1968 USGS mapWest Marlborough Township on the 1973 USGS mapWest Marlborough Township on the 1992 USGS map1904Coatesville 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 West Marlborough Township.

On the National Register

6 listings protect 35 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
6
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
35
each building in a district counts
first listed
1975
Primitive Hall
Primitive HallSpeakman No. 1Doe Run Village Historic DistrictHouse at SpringdellCyrus Hoopes House and BarnBrooklawn
BuildingsDistrictsStructures

Architectural styles listings

Georgian1
Burr Truss1
Vernacular1
Penn Plan1
Greek Revival1
Primitive HallGeorgian
Speakman No. 1Burr Truss
Doe Run Village Historic DistrictVernacular
House at SpringdellPenn Plan
Cyrus Hoopes House and BarnGreek Revival
All 6 listings
BrooklawnBuilding · listed 2022

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

East Fallowfield Township31 historic placesA−Londonderry Township3 historic placesB+London Grove TownshipIts storyC−East Marlborough Township5 historic placesA−Highland TownshipIts storyB−Newlin Township14 historic placesA

Questions about West Marlborough Township’s history

What is on the National Register in West Marlborough Township?

6 listings: 4 buildings, among them the Primitive Hall (listed 1975, the first), 1 historic district, the Doe Run Village Historic District, with 26 contributing buildings, and 1 structure. 35 historic buildings in all.

Memory lane

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

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.