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History · Woodbourne

Woodbourne’s post office opened in 1882

Most of Woodbourne was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1944 on and the census since 1990.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
Photo: Adam Moss from Tonawanda, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Woodbourne began

When was Woodbourne founded?

1882

The Woodbourne post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 2,953 in 19902020 census: 3,710144 years
Founding year: the first Woodbourne post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Woodbourne’s past

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

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Start Woodbourne’s collection

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

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The story so far

Woodbourne, in brief

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

Woodbourne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,851 at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,851 to 3,710 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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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

Woodbourne on the map, 1944 to 1993

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

Woodbourne on the 1944 USGS mapWoodbourne on the 1953 USGS mapWoodbourne on the 1966 USGS mapWoodbourne on the 1973 USGS mapWoodbourne on the 1993 USGS map1944Langhorne sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Woodbourne.

People over time

Woodbourne, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00020002020Peak: 3,851

Between 2,953 and 3,851 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Woodbourne’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Woodbourne

Nobody well known was born in Woodbourne itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Questions about Woodbourne’s history

What year was Woodbourne founded?

The Woodbourne post office opened in 1882, 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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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.