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History · Cleona

Cleona’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Cleona. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1883established
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Cleona is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,005 at the 2020 census.

Cleona was established in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,080 to 2,013 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1957.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cleona 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.

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Cleona, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today9 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Cleona is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cleona has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Union Canal Tunnel in North Lebanon, 1.1 miles away.

Cleona and the nearest listed places

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Union Canal TunnelGloninger EstateBiever HouseAnnville Historic DistrictChestnut Street Log HouseTabor Reformed Church

Closest to Cleona

Union Canal TunnelNorth Lebanon · Structure1.1miGloninger EstateNorth Cornwall · Building1.6miBiever HouseAnnville · Building2.1miAnnville Historic DistrictAnnville · District2.2miChestnut Street Log HouseLebanon · Building2.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Union Canal Tunnel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cleona?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cleona’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 West Lebanon📜 Annville📜 North Cornwall📜 Lebanon

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