Modena’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Modena. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusModena is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 544 at the 2020 census. It was originally called Modeville, after the local Mode family.
Modena was established in 1739. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 535 people in 2010, 541 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Modena 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 belowStart Modena’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Modena’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWest Branch Brandywine Creek; Gle…, 1970: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Modena
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Modena, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Modena is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Modena has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Brandywine Building and Loan Assoc. Rowhouses in East Fallowfield, 0.7 miles away.
Modena and the nearest listed places
Closest to Modena
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as West Branch Brandywine Creek; Glenhall, Northbrook, Wawaset vicinity (1970) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.