Horsham’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Horsham. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHorsham is a census-designated place in Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,193 at the 2020 census. It is home to the Biddle Air National Guard Base at the former site of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, as well as the headquarters of Music Choice, a cable music provider. Horsham is coterminous with the ZIP Code 19044. It covers an area of 5.47 miles and is located 16 miles (26 km) north of Philadelphia.
Horsham was established in 1682. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 26,147 people in 2010, 26,564 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1980.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Horsham 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.
Start Horsham’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Horsham’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGraeme Park, 859 County Line Road: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Horsham, decade by decade
2000
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.