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A post office opened in Shillington in 1884.

On August 18, 1908, the Quarter Session Court officially incorporated the borough of Shillington as a separate municipality from Cumru Township with a population of 450.

Later that year Shillington elected its first official, Adam Rollman, as chief burgess.

Borough council meetings were held in various locations over the years until the present town hall was completed in 1932.