Pennsburg’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Pennsburg. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPennsburg is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 3,889 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District. It is also part of the strip of small towns that run together along Route 29: Red Hill, Pennsburg, and East Greenville. The towns are collectively referred to as Upper Perk.
Pennsburg was established in 1887. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,843 people in 2010, 3,889 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1964.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pennsburg 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 Pennsburg’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pennsburg’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPennsburgh, Montgomery County, Pe…, 1894: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Pennsburg, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsRed Hill and Pennsburg, PA post office, Aug. 20262026
CommonsPennsburg Montgomery County2017
CommonsTownhouses with porches at Northgate2016
CommonsBacks of townhouses at Northgate2016
CommonsPottstown Ave 101, Pennsburg, MontCo PA2015
CommonsFarmers National Bank Building, Pennsburg, MontCo PA2015
CommonsEast Penn Rail Road Locomotive, Pennsburg Montco PA2014
CommonsPennsburg municipal building2012
CommonsPennsburg Boro Hall II2012Nothing in Pennsburg is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pennsburg has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Boyertown Burial Casket Company in East Greenville, 1.1 miles away.
Pennsburg 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 Pennsburgh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1894 (1894) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (11). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.