History · Centre
Centre’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Centre. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
3old images & papers
1need a date
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Belleman's Union Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1862Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, fro…Map
18801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsyl…Commons
1890–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Centre’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Centre
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By decade
Centre, decade by decade
1890s–
1990s
1990s
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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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Berks County - Centre - ED 6-18 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.