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History · Wyncote

Wyncote’s post office opened in 1887, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 2 old photos and papers from 1900 on.

1887first post office
1on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
6famous people
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From Wyncote’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Wyncote began

When was Wyncote founded?

1887

The Wyncote post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 3,081139 years
Founding year: the first Wyncote post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wyncote’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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Wyncote’s homes were built before 1951.
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Start Wyncote’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wyncote’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 viewCurtis residence: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Wyncote, in brief

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

Wyncote is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It borders the northwestern section of Philadelphia. Wyncote is located 11 miles from Center City Philadelphia at the southeasternmost tip of Montgomery County. The Jenkintown-Wyncote SEPTA station is the fifth busiest regional rail station in the SEPTA system. Wyncote is bordered by the Cheltenham neighborhoods of Glenside, Elkins Park, La Mott, and Cedarbrook; the Philadelphia neighborhoods of West Oak Lane and Cedarbrook, as well as the borough of Jenkintown and Abington Township.

Its first post office opened in 1887. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,044 in 2010, 3,081 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Wyncote, 1877 to 1990

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Born hereEliza Newkirk Rogers is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900In the archiveCurtis residence
  5. 1914Born hereRachel Saint is born here
  6. 1935Born hereEddie Applegate is born here
  7. 1990Born hereNick Moody is born here
By decade

Wyncote, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s2 items
Curtis residence1900Curtis residenceSt Austel Hallc. 1900St Austel Hall
1910s–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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Today4 recent
Hewett Road Winter 2012 022012Hewett Road Winter 2012 02Hewett Road Winter 2012 012012Hewett Road Winter 2012 01Wyncote Park2008Wyncote ParkWycote homes2008Wycote homes
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.

Curtis residence
Retake this viewCurtis residence, 1900

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

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 178 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
178
each building in a district counts

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

Famous people

6 famous people were born in Wyncote

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

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E
Eddie ApplegateAmerican artist · b. 1935
Nick MoodyAmerican football player · b. 1990
E
Eliza Newkirk RogersAmerican architect · b. 1877
R
Rachel SaintAmerican linguist · b. 1914
F
Frederick MorrisOlympic sailor · b. 1905
T
Thomas PierieAmerican rower · b. 1907
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Glenside3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJenkintown2 historic placesACheltenham Township14 historic placesA−Elkins Park6 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAbington Township4 historic placesA−

Questions about Wyncote’s history

What year was Wyncote founded?

The Wyncote post office opened in 1887, 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 (6) 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.