AREA HISTORY:  Spring Grove, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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SPRING GROVE BOROUGH – Page 688

This thrifty and prosperous town sprung into existence within the last decade as 
the direct result of the prosperity of the paper-mill.  The history of the forge 
will be found in the article on the “Early Iron Industries,” page 484, in this 
work.  Most of the inhabitants of the borough are employed in the manufacture of 
paper.  The postoffice of this place was originally known  as “Pidgeon Hill,” 
and was located one mile north of the forge.  It was established in 1828, with 
Abraham Bletcher as postmaster.  Mrs. Bletcher, Michael Fissell, William Wilson 
and George Waggoner have since been postmasters.  C. W. Bauer was appointed in 
1885.  The present name of the office is Spring Forge.  Since the incorporation 
of the town, the streets have been graded, pavements laid, the town illuminated 
by electric lights, a number of new streets opened, and houses furnished with 
hydrant water from a reservoir.  Many houses have been built lately.  An immense 
freight business is done here by the railroad.  The company in 1885 built a fine 
depot and freight office.  There are a dozen or more stores, and most of the 
mechanical trades are represented.  Drs. Bahn and Hoke are the physicians of the 
town.