A history of Hanover,
since 1730
Postcards, papers and photographs of Hanover from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1727, John Digges, an Irish nobleman of Prince George's County, Maryland, obtained a grant of 10,000 acres (40 km2) of land where Hanover is now located from Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. The area was called Digges Choice, and in 1730, a group of Catholics started the settlement that became known as the Conewego Settlement. Settlers from both Maryland and Pennsylvania began moving into the area in the 1730s. At this time, Maryland and Pennsylvania did not agree on the northern border of Maryland and the southern border of Pennsylvania, and the area that is now Hanover was in the disputed area claimed by both states. This led to numerous disputes about property ownership from the 1730s until 1760. The dispute was settled when Maryland and Pennsylvania hired British expert surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to survey what became known as the Mason–Dixon line. This line …
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Hanover’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHanoverCenterSquare1863, 1863: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hanover, decade by decade
4 historic places in Hanover
Hanover has 4 listings on the National Register, and they protect 2,635 historic buildings, because Hanover Historic District alone counts 2,632.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1972George Nace (Neas) House
Listed 1992US Post Office-Hanover
Listed 1995Eichelberger High School
Listed 1997Hanover Historic DistrictThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as HanoverCenterSquare1863 (1863) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.