A history of Confluence,
since 1870
Postcards, papers and photographs of Confluence from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusConfluence is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was settled in 1870 and incorporated in 1873. The population was 724 at the 2020 census.
Confluence was established in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 780 to 722 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1955.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Confluence 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 belowFinish Confluence’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewConfluence, Pennsylvania 1905, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Confluence, decade by decade
1930s
1980s
Nothing in Confluence is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Confluence has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lower Humbert Bridge in Lower Turkeyfoot, 2.7 miles away.
Confluence 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 Confluence, Pennsylvania 1905 (1905) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.