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Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

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11newspaper titles

0digitized titles

157historic places

1829earliest paper

1784formed

856,553pop. 2020

225cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 11 newspaper titles published in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1829. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 157 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 12 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Pottstown, Norristown, Bryn Mawr.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Montgomery

Library of Congress

11 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
American Star	Pottstown	1829–1839
Bauern Freund Und Demokrat	Sumneytown	1858–1862
Bauern Freund Und Pennsburg Demokrat	Pennsburg	1863–1879
The Ambler Gazette	Ambler	1882–?
Ardmore Chronicle	Ardmore	1889–1906
Ardmore Lower Merion Chronicle	Ardmore	1906–1999
Ambler News	Ambler	1935–1939
Ambler-Whitemarsh Valley News	Ambler	1939–1999
The Ambler Gazette	Ambler	1964–1999
The Ambler Gazette	Ambler	1964–1999
The Abington Sun	Abington	2020–?

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18201871192319742026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

77 of 157 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

157 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Abington Township High School	Abington	District	1985
Antes, Henry, House NHL	Pottstown	Building	1975
Augustus Lutheran Church NHL	Trappe	Building	1967
Barley Sheaf Inn	Norristown	Building	1980
Bauern Freund Print Shop	Marlborough	Building	1982
Bergy Bridge Historic District	Harleysville	District	1973
Beth Sholom Synagogue NHL	Elkins Park (Cheltenham Township)	Building	2007
Black Horse Inn	Flourtown	Building	2005
Boyertown Burial Casket Company	East Greenville	Building	2017
Breyer, Henry W., Sr., House	Eilkins Park, Cheltenham	Building	2004
Bridge in Franconia Township	Elvoy	Structure	1988
Bridge in Hatfield Township	Unionville	Structure	1988
Bridge in Upper Merion Township	Gulph Mills	Structure	1988
Bryn Athyn Historic District NHL	Bryn Athyn	District	2008
Bryn Athyn-Lower Moreland Bridge	Lower Moreland	Structure	1988
Bryn Mawr	Bryn Mawr	Building	1973
Bryn Mawr College Historic District	Bryn Mawr	District	1979
Bryn Mawr Hotel	Bryn Mawr	Building	1979
Cairnwood	Bryn Athyn	Building	2002
Camptown Historic District	LaMott	District	1985
Carson College for Orphan Girls	Flourtown	District	1991
Central Norristown Historic District	Norristown	District	1984
Cold Point Historic District	Norristown	District	1983
Cole, Warren Z., House	Skippack	Building	1973
Continental Stove Works	Royersford	District	1986
Corson, Alan W., Homestead	Plymouth Meeting	Building	1973
County Bridge No. 54	Prospectville	Structure	1988
Curtis Arboretum	Cheltenham	Site	2002
Dawesfield	Ambler	Building	1991
Elkins Railroad Station, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad	Elkins Park	Building	1990
Englehardt, John, Homestead	Schwenksville	Building	1973
Evans, William and Mordecai, House	Limerick Township	Building	2005
Evansburg Historic District	Evansburg	District	1972
Fagleysville Road Bridge Crossing Swamp Creek	Fagleysville	Structure	1988
Farmar Mill	Fort Washington	Building	1972
Fetter's Mill	Lower Moreland	Building	1999
Fetter's Mill Village Historic District	Byrn Athyn Borough	District	2006
Fisher, Dr. Norman & Doris, House	Hatboro	Building	2014
Franklinville School	Blue Bell	Building	2014
General Wayne Inn	Merion	Building	1976
Gerloff Road Bridge Crossing Swamp Creek	Lower Frederick Township	Structure	1988
Gladwyne Historic District	Gladwyne	District	1980
Glencairn	Bryn Athyn	Building	1978
Glendside Memorial Hall	Cheltenham	Building	2004
Globe Knitting Mills	Norristown	Building	2003
Graeme Park NHL	Horsham	Building	1966
Green Hill Farms	Lower Merion	Building	2011
Grey Towers NHL	Glenside	Building	1980
Grubb Mansion	Pottstown	Building	1991
Grubb, Conrad, Homestead	Schwenksville	Building	1973
Gwynedd Hall	Ambler	Building	1985
Hanging Rock	Upper Marion Township	Site	1997
Harriton	Villanova	District	1985
Hatfield Borough Substation, Lock Up and Firehouse	Hatfield Borough	Building	2016
Heller, George K., School	Ashmead Village	Building	2001
High Street Historic District	Pottstown	District	1992
Highlands, The	Fort Washington	Building	1976
Hope Lodge	Fort Washington	Building	1972
Horsham Friends Meeting	Horsham	Building	1991
Horsham-Montgomery Bridge	Fort Washington	Structure	1988
Hovenden House, Barn and Abolition Hall	Plymouth Meeting	Building	1971
Humane Fire Engine Company No. 1	Royersford	Building	2019
Hunsberger, Isaac, House	Limerick Twp.	Building	2000
Idlewild Farm Complex	Bryn Mawr	Building	1984
Jefferson Elementary School	Pottstown	Building	2003
Jenkins Homestead	Lansdale	Building	1977
Jenkins' Town Lyceum Building	Jenkintown	Building	1979
Jenkintown Wyncote Train Station	Jenkintown and Cheltenham Township	Building	2014
Kastner, Jacob, Loghouse	Spring House	Building	1996
Keefe-Mumbower Mill	North Wales	Building	2008
Kenderdine Mill Complex	Horsham	Building	1992
Kennedy Mansion	Port Kennedy	Building	1983
Keswick Theatre	Glenside	Building	1983
King of Prussia Inn	King of Prussia	Building	1975
Klein Meetinghouse	Harleysville	Building	1973
Knapp Farm	Montgomeryville	Building	1976
Knipe-Johnson Farm	Upper Gywnedd Township	Building	2000
Knipe-Moore-Rupp Farm	Upper Gwynedd Township	Building	2003
Knurr Log House	Delphi	Building	1974
Kolb, Dielman, Homestead	Lederach	Building	1973
Kulp, Isaac, Farm	Upper Gwynedd Township	Building	1999
Kuster Mill	Collegeville	Building	1971
Lady Washington Inn	Huntingdon Valley	Building	1982
Landis Homestead	Tylersport	Building	1973
Lansdale Silk Hosiery Company-Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc.	Lansdale	Building	2004
Lee Tire and Rubber Company	Conshohocken	Building	1984
Loller Academy	Hatboro	Building	1978
Long Meadow Farm	Schwenksville	Building	1973
Lower Merion Academy-Cynwyd Elementary School-Bala Cynwyd Junior High School Complex	Bala Cynwyd	Building	2002
Lynnewood Hall	Elkins Park	District	2025
Merion Cricket Club NHL	Haverford	Building	1987
Merion Friends Meeting House NHL	Merion Station	Building	1998
Meyerhoff, Son and Company Building	Pottstown	Building	2017
Mill Creek Historic District	Bryn Mawr	District	1980
Mill Creek Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Gladwyne	District	1996
Mill Grove NHL	Audubon	Building	1972
Miller's House at Spring Mill	Conshohocken	Building	1990
Milmoral	Cheltenham	Building	2003
Morgan, Edward, Log House	Kulpsville	Building	1973
Morris, Anthony, House	Norristown	Building	1980
Mount Joy	Conshohocken	Building	1971
Muhlenberg, Henry Melchoir, House	Trappe	Building	2000
Narbrook Park Historic District	Narberth	District	2003
Normandy Farmstead	Whitpain Township	Building	2001
Oak Park Historic District	Hatfiels Township	District	1998
Old Norriton Presbyterian Church	Norristown	Building	1979
Old Pottstown Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Pottstown	District	1985
Old Pottstown Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Pottstown	District	1991
Pennypacker Mansion	Schwenksville	Building	1976
Perikomen Bridge Hotel	Collegeville	Building	1985
Perkiomen Bridge	Collegeville	Structure	1988
Philadelphia & Reading Railway: Lansdale Passenger Station	Lansdale	Building	2021
Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse	Plymouth Meeting	Building	1971
Plymouth Meeting Historic District	Plymouth Meeting	District	1971
Poplar Lane	King of Prussia	Building	1978
Pottsgrove Mansion	Pottstown	Building	1974
Pottstown Roller Mill	Pottstown	Building	1974
Quaker Manor House	Fort Washington	Building	1976
Reading Railroad Pottstown Station	Pottstown	Building	1984
Red Hill Historic District	Red Hill	District	1985
Rieth, Andreas, Homestead	Pennsburg	Building	1973
Rittenhouse, David, Junior High School	Norristown	Building	1996
Roberts and Mander Stove Company Buildings	Hatboro	Building	2005
Rowland House	Cheltenham	Building	1979
Sanatoga Union Sunday School	Lower Pottsgrove township	Building	2004
Schall, William and Caroline, House	Green Line	Building	2007
Seville Theatre	Lower Merion Township	Building	2005
Sinnott, Joseph, Mansion	Rosemont	Building	1980
Skippack Bridge	Evansburg	Structure	1970
Souderton Historic District	Souderton	District	2011
Springfield Mill	Erdenheim	Building	1976
St. Paul's Episcopal Church	Elkins Park	Building	1982
Stanley	Abington Township	District	2005
Stewart, Gen. Thomas J., Memorial Armory	Norristown	Building	1991
Stewart, Walter and Gertrude May, Farmstead	Hartfield Township	District	2015
Stotesbury Club House	Wyndmoor	Building	1985
Strawbridge and Clothier Store	Jenkintown	Building	1988
Sunnybrook	Lower Pottsgrove Township	Building	2005
Sunrise Mill	Schwenksville	Building	1977
Sutch Road Bridge in Marlborough Township	Milford	Structure	1988
Swamp Creek Road Bridge	Sumneytown	Structure	1988
Thomas, M. Carey, Library, Bryn Mawr College NHL	Bryn Mawr	Building	1991
Union Library Company	Hatboro	Building	1980
Union School	Fort Washington	Building	1980
Wall House	Elkins Park	Building	1979
Washington Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company, No. 1	Conshohocken	Building	1975
Washington Memorial Chapel	Upper Merion Township	District	2017
Washington's Headquarters NHL	Valley Forge State Park	Building	1973
Welsh, John, House	Wyndmoor	Building	1990
Wentz, Peter, Homestead	Worcester	Building	1973
West Laurel Hill Cemetery	Bala Cynwyd	District	1992
West Norristown Historic District	West Norristown	District	1984
Whitehall Apartments	Haverford	Building	1983
Whitpain Public School	Blue Bell	Building	2006
Woodmont NHL	Gladwyne	Building	1998
Wyncote Historic District	Philadelphia	District	1986
Yeakle and Miller Houses	Erdenheim	Building	1992

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Montgomery was formed in 1784 (1784-09-10) from Philadelphia.

MONTGOMERY created from PHILADELPHIA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Montgomery County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
22,929	24,150	35,793	47,241	70,500	96,494	138,995	199,310	289,247	353,068	516,682	643,621	750,097	856,553

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Valley Forge National Historical Park	National Historical Park	13.7 km
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	National Historic Site	34.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

225 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 225 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abington Friends Cemetery	40.09371	-75.11953
Abington Presbyterian Church Cemetery	40.11401	-75.12156
All Saints' Church Columbarium	40.0134	-75.27292
Ambler Church of the Brethren Cemetery	40.16333	-75.21053
Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery	40.20296	-75.47989
B'Nai Jacob Cemetery	40.14249	-75.50551
Berks Road Cemetery	40.17762	-75.33712
Bertolets Mennonite Church Cemetery	40.29844	-75.53515
Bethel Hill Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery	40.18448	-75.31825
Bethesda Cemetery	40.40756	-75.55387
Boehms Cemetery	40.15756	-75.26269
Bryn Athyn Cemetery	40.13751	-75.07346
Bryn Mawr College Burial Grounds	40.02684	-75.3141
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden	40.02172	-75.31104
Calvary Cemetery	40.06053	-75.33243
Carmel Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden	40.10874	-75.16302
Central Schwenkfelder Garden Of Memories	40.2085	-75.34007
Cheltenham Methodist Church Cemetery	40.05919	-75.09713
Christ Evangelical Congregation Cemetery	40.27508	-75.47809
Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery	40.25263	-75.35239
Christ Reformed Church of Indian Creek Cemetery	40.3236	-75.34551
Christ Union Cemetery	40.37751	-75.57309
Christ United Methodist Church Columbarium	40.2376	-75.30697
Christ's Lutheran Church Columbarium and Memorial	40.1214	-75.18506
Church of the Good Shepherd Columbarium	40.02464	-75.32603
Church of the Holy Spirit Memorial Garden	40.31346	-75.43634
Church of the Messiah Cemetery	40.20017	-75.25768
Church of the Redeemer Cemetery	40.02229	-75.30645
Clemens Memorial Park	40.27344	-75.32029
Cold Point Baptist Church Cemetery	40.1125	-75.26878
Congregation Mercy and Truth Cemetery	40.26269	-75.63915
Delps Cemetery	40.29727	-75.38063
Dismant Cemetery	40.1795	-75.52862
Dreshertown Cemetery	40.14659	-75.16378
Eden Mennonite Cemetery	40.26316	-75.47077
Edgewood Cemetery	40.24556	-75.62729
Emmanuel Lutheran Old Burial Ground	40.24842	-75.64927
Evangelical Cemetery	40.41803	-75.50533
Evangelical Cemetery	40.22925	-75.51762
Evangelical Congregation Cemetery	40.1875	-75.356
Fairview Cemetery	40.1458	-75.14769
Falkner Swamp Cemetery	40.29167	-75.57863
Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery	40.29606	-75.5794
Fernwood Cemetery	40.19271	-75.5257
First Presbyterian Cemetery	40.11578	-75.34057
First Presbyterian of Port Kennedy Churchyard Cemetery	40.1036	-75.41886
Fitzwater Burial Ground	40.13252	-75.16276
Forest Hills Cemetery	40.13254	-75.02335
Franconia Mennonite Church Cemetery	40.30549	-75.36583
Fricks Cemetery	40.28075	-75.27208
Friedens Union Church Cemetery	40.32824	-75.45679
Funkite Providence Mennonite Cemetery	40.18012	-75.42329
George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery	40.12209	-75.25428
Gladwyn United Methodist Church Cemetery	40.03585	-75.27969
Gladwyne Jewish Memorial Cemetery	40.03402	-75.27242
Gloria Dei Garden of Hope Columbarium	40.11429	-75.07022
Green Tree Cemetery	40.13488	-75.46807
Greenlawn Cemetery	40.21914	-75.29439
Gulph United Church of Christ Cemetery	40.06188	-75.33739
Gwynedd Friends Meeting House Cemetery	40.20308	-75.2567
Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden	40.22346	-75.30443
Haman Cemetery	40.27899	-75.42032
Hanawas Sachem Cemetery	40.27003	-75.64858
Harley Cemetery	40.29122	-75.37461
Harriton Family Cemetery	40.03028	-75.3105
Hartman Zercher Cemetery	40.12032	-75.27125
Hatboro Baptist Cemetery	40.17786	-75.10435
Hatboro Cemetery	40.16907	-75.10613
Hatfield Cemetery	40.28775	-75.30011
Hatfield Church of the Brethren Cemetery	40.27161	-75.28499
Heebner Family Cemetery	40.21747	-75.36285
Henderson Road Cemetery	40.07745	-75.35371
Highland Memorial Park	40.26049	-75.64703
Hillside Cemetery	40.12355	-75.14323
Hillside Cemetery	40.12428	-75.14267
Hillside Cemetery	40.31313	-75.32118
Holy Cross Cemetery	40.40417	-75.49276
Holy Ghost Orthodox Christian Church Cemetery	40.14394	-75.50056
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery	40.0877	-75.1713
Holy Trinity Cemetery	40.25678	-75.68012

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Hillside	40.12094	-75.13295

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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