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Timblin, PA - History
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Welcome to the Timblin Home page. The Timblin Home page provides as much information as possible on Timblin. Knowing Timblin’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Timblin’s Home page, you will also find Timblin’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Timblin has a population of 154. 59.1% of Timblin’s inhabitants are Male, and 40.9 are female. 52.6% of Timblin is married and 94.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $55,200. Household median income in Timblin is $49,375, and the individual median income is $25,625. Timblin’s Ethnic is the following: White(96.8%), Hispanic(3.2%), Other(1.9%), Multiple(1.3%).
The community which would later be named as "Timblin" had its genesis in the arrival, during the early 1800s, of several pioneer settlers in Perry Township: James McClelland (1803), Benjamin Ions (1804), David Hamilton (1806). Elijah Ekis, Michael Lantz and William Smith then arrived in 1815. In 1843, Smith relocated with his sons to land that would later become part of Timblin.
The town's name, according to The Brookville American, would subsequently be chosen to honor Andy Timblin, the town's postmaster during the mid-1880s. Timblin's father, A. Timblin, had built a log cabin, in or before 1840, near the same area where the Smith family had settled, and had then begun farming the land there.Timblin got its start as a true town circa 1883, when John A.
Timblin opened a store at the site. A post office called Timblin was established in 1889.The town grew quickly, following the 1910 completion nearby of an extension of the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad.In 1913, the Timblin Coal Company began its operations.The First National Bank of Timblin was incorporated in July 1918 and opened its doors to customers on October 22 of that year.
Nine thousand dollars was deposited on that first day.In 1921, Joe Cosmano opened Cosmano's Restaurant, a soft drink and confectionary business.On August 1, 1922, Winn S. Heller and R. F. Mateer founded Heller & Mateer, the town's furniture store. G. H. Maxwell opened G. H. Maxwell, Clothing in December that same year.The town then became a borough.
A special election was held for Timblin residents on January 30, 1923, during which T. L. Miller was chosen as the borough's burgess, John Milliron was elected as constable, Charles Snyder was chosen as assessor, Wayne Anderson and E. O. Weaver were elected as Justices of the Peace, David Haas was chosen as tax collector, and Amos Brosius, Harry Brosious, A.
J. Case, C. C. Himes, and E. C. Snyder were elected as members of the school board. In addition, S. B. Engle, D. C. Griffith, James R. Marshall, G. H. Maxwell, Duff W. McGregor, J. C. Milliron, and Dr. L. W. Zimmerman were elected to the borough council, and N. L. Boddorf, V. G. Brosius, and J. B. Snyder were elected to the board of auditors.
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