Mohnton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Mohnton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town centered around several industries such as milling, gun-smithing and hat-making. The first of these to appear was a grist mill built by Mohn the same year he arrived in 1846. Within this mill, Benjamin Mohn's nephew, Samuel K. Mohn opened a general store for citizens of the countryside. With the success of the general store the Mohns decided to concentrate on merchandising and in 1857 build a new three-story store and petitioned to establish a post office nearby. This earliest post office in Mohnton was called Mohn's Store and was established at Mohn's Store in 1857, the post office was renamed Mohnton in 1906, and it remains in operation.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Mohnton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mohnton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMohnsville, Pennsylvania 1898, 1898: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Mohnton
See all 2 →Mohnton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Mohnton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mohnton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rieser Mill in Cumru, 1.4 miles away.
Mohnton 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 Mohnsville, Pennsylvania 1898 (1898) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (8). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.