Strasburg Borough

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Strasburg Borough Hall is located at 145 Precision Avenue, Strasburg PA 17579; phone: 717-687-7732.

Beginnings [1]

STRASBURG, (975 pop.), at the eastern end of the Strasburg Road, authorized by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1793 as a link between Philadelphia and York, is a residential village. Of irregular arrangement, it was in turn the site of a French Huguenot community and a settlement of German immigrants who named it Peddlehausie (Beggartown). The red brick sidewalks and frame houses bear the stamp of age. At one time a mining village, it lies four miles northwest of Mine Ridge, on the summit of which is the entrance to an exhausted copper mine worked in Penn's day by Swiss from Maryland.

Polk's 1882 Gazetteer

Strasburgh. This borough is in township of same name, Lancaster county, 10 miles southeast of the county seat. It is the terminus of the Strasburgh R. R., and contains 3 hotels, a bank, 3 churches, public school and 1,206 inhabitants. Stage to Lancaster; fare 50c. Benjamin Longenecker, postmaster.

Andrews Henry F, jeweler.
Bachman Christian, furniture.
Black H M, physician.
Book Levi G, cigars.
Bowman J F, notions.
Brackbill Joseph H, physician.
Brura Franklin, saloon.
Cross Keys Hotel, D E Potts, propr.
Echternach Samuel, confectioner.
Fellenbaum Henry F, Wholesale Cigar Mnfr, Strasburgh.
First National Bank of Strasburgh, Joseph. McClure, prest; G H Hensel, cashr.
Foulk Miller, baker.
Harnish Elias E, grocer.
Helm Isaac N, furniture.
Herr A M, harness.
Hilderbrand Jacob. conveyancer.
Holl Henry, builder.
Hell Joseph, general store.
Hull John F, baker.
Ingraham John F, builder.
Jones Asa, cigars.
Keneagy C R, general store.
Keneagy Samuel, physician.
Kurtz Samuel, broommkr.
Landis Daniel K, general store.
Lytle & Bender, general store.
Martin Josiah A, dentist.
Maynard George H, general store.
Miller Emanuel R, vet surgeon.
Mower Benjamin, confectioner.
Reese John F, coachmkr.
Seymour George L, shoemkr.
Sherts J J, general store.
Spiehlman Benjamin F, stationer.
Spiehlman Henry, machinist.
Swan Hotel, James Curran, propr.
Waidlay Levi, tailor.
Washington House, Joseph M Potts, propr.
Watt Joseph, tinsmith.
Weaver J G, physician.
Whitemire Susan, grocer.

R.L.Polk, Pennsylvania State Gazetteer & Business Directory, 1882, Philadelphia