Red Lion Families in 1880

At the time of the 1880 census, Red Lion had 49 households that were residing in 47 dwellings within the borough limits.  There are two dwellings that each contained 2 households.  The Julia Sevis and John Poet households resided in the same dwelling (listed as dwelling #2) and the Moses Smith and Samuel Poet households resided in the same dwelling (listed as dwelling #41).

Below you will find two maps showing the known locations of those 47 dwellings.  The exact location of a few dwellings (such as #44 and #46) is not known, but it is verified that the head of household owned property in that area and there are several possible dwellings located on their land.

Also, you will find a table that lists all 49 head of households in Red Lion along with the corresponding dwelling number they resided in.  Each head of household is a hyperlink to a PDF document that contains information on each family member within that household, such as date of birth, date of death, burial location.  The family document also lists more details about the location of their residence, along with circumstantial evidence on where some of the households not listed on the maps below may have resided.  Finally, the family document also lists any contributions to the town of Red Lion, such as their occupations, any civic involvement and other places they lived in town after 1880.

House #	Head of Household	Property Location
1	Wesley Smith	Unknown
2	Julia Sevis	Where Country Club Road previously intersected with West Broadway
2	John Poet	Where Country Club Road previously intersected with West Broadway
3	Charles Neff	850 Country Club Road
4	William Paules	Unknown
5	Henry Wagman	309 South Franklin Street
6	John Wagman	Near the intersection of Country Club Road & Horace Mann Avenue
7	Daniel Spotts	North side of Country Club Road, south of the parking lot behind Red Lion Area Senior High School
8	Henry Neff	West side of Country Club Road, just north of Winterstown Road
9	John Wise	North side of Marshall Street, just east of the current borough limits
10	John A. Wise	304 East Lancaster Street
11	John Herman	Unknown
12	Nathaniel Neiman	42 South Main Street
13	Henry Wallick	2 North Main Street (old First National Bank building now there)
14	Edward “A.D.” Wallick	10 North Main Street (now parking lot beside old First National Bank Building)
15	Charles Innerst	Unknown
16	George Oberdorff	Unknown
17	Ferdinand Heisler	Unknown
18	Matthew Gable	20 North Main Street
19	George Knaub	12 North Main Street or 16 North Main Street
20	William Knaub	30 North Main Street or 32 North Main Street
21	Samuel Sprenkle	41 North Main Street
22	Adam Gebhard	54 North Main Street
23	Dr. John Hyson	60 North Main Street
24	James Smith	Unknown
25	Jacob Cramer	40-42 North Main Street
26	Jacob Miller	62 North Main Street
27	George Dietz	80 North Main Street (house was located on what is now the parking lot)
28	William Algier	80 North Main Street
29	Henry Paules	84 North Main Street
30	Daniel Weaver	86 North Main Street
31	Noah Olp	90 North Main Street
32	Catherine Meyer	5 West High Street
33	Hiram Dill	349 West Broadway
34	Jeremiah Smith	Unknown
35	Henry Shank	Unknown
36	Hamilton Grim	Unknown
37	Lewis Blockinger	Unknown
38	Jacob Gohn	Unknown
39	Barton Jacobs	Unknown
40	Seth Minnich	162 North Main Street
41	Moses Smith	286-288 North Main Street
41	Samuel Poet	286-288 North Main Street
42	Andrew Keener	20-22 Railroad Avenue
43	Daniel Ness	West of Franklin Street and south of West High Street
44	Jacob Young	North of West Broadway, west of North Franklin Street and east of North Mill Street
45	William Taylor	Near Taylor’s Trestle
46	Henry Shaffer	Along Springwood Road, just west of the current borough limits
47	Henry Rost	Along the south side of Springwood Road, west of the current borough limits