Port Clinton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Port Clinton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPort Clinton is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, Port Clinton had a population of 278. It is located at the confluence of the Schuylkill and Little Schuylkill rivers, it was a port on the Schuylkill Canal and named after DeWitt Clinton.
Port Clinton was established in 1829. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 326 to 278 (-15%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Port Clinton 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 Port Clinton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Port Clinton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPort Clinton Depot, on the Readin…, 1856: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Port Clinton
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Port Clinton, decade by decade
Nothing in Port Clinton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Port Clinton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hamburg Public Library in Hamburg, 3.1 miles away.
Port Clinton 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 Port Clinton Depot, on the Reading RR (1856) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.