Avonmore’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Avonmore. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusAvonmore is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 901 at the 2020 census.
Avonmore was established in 1893. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,011 to 900 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1955.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Avonmore yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Avonmore’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Avonmore’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewAvonmore PA 1st Presby Ch PHS28, 1923: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Avonmore
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Avonmore, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
Nothing in Avonmore is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Avonmore has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Saltsburg Historic District in Saltsburg, 3.1 miles away.
Avonmore and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Avonmore PA 1st Presby Ch PHS28 (1923) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.