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 |