History · Silver Spring

Silver Spring’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Silver Spring. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

0old images & papers
1historic places
0recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Silver Spring Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,657 at the 2010 census, up from 10,592 at the 2000 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 13,657 to 19,557 (+43%). Half of its homes were built before 2000.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Silver Spring 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.

Be one of the first

Start Silver Spring’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Silver Spring’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Famous people from Silver SpringWriters, athletes, leaders and more who were born in Silver Spring.Meet them →
By decade

Silver Spring, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your album
National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Silver Spring

1 place in Silver Spring is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#519
In Pennsylvaniaby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1992first listedGeorge Trimble House

Where they are

Tap a dot for a photo and link. Districts show at their center.
Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
The door’s open

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Silver Spring, PACumberland CountyView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map
Loading boundary…

Silver Spring is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/15 · 2025-01-01