Fredonia’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Fredonia. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first resident of the area that became Fredonia was Levi Arnold. Arnold build a grist mill there between 1837 and 1838 and was, over time, joined by several other businesses and residences. William Simmons built the first store in the small village. Based upon the success of his business and the further gains that could be made after the construction of a proposed railroad, Simmons purchased the land that became the borough of Fredonia and had it surveyed and divided into lots. The land came was purchased from two “Donation tracts,” which were tracts of land given to Revolutionary War soldiers in an attempt to encourage them to continue to serve. The name “Fredonia” came from Simmon’s “free” donation of the land for the town square and as a nod to the “Donation” tracts from which the land was purchased. The first post office was established in 1870 and Fredonia was officially incor…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Fredonia’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fredonia’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFredonia, PA, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fredonia
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Fredonia, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Fredonia is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fredonia has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Big Bend Historical Area in Delaware, 4.1 miles away.
Fredonia 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 Fredonia, PA (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.