 trappe is a borough in montgomery county, pennsylvania, united states. the population was 3,509 at the 2010 census. augustus lutheran church, built in 1743, is the oldest unchanged lutheran church building in the united states in continuous use by the same congregation. it has been designated a national historic landmark. ==geography== trappe is located at  (40.197111, -75.475244). according to the united states census bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. ==schools== trappe falls within the boundaries of the perkiomen valley school district. south elementary school lies in the borough, as does the old collegeville-trappe high school. ==history== european settlers arrived in the area of trappe in the early decades of the 18th century and included many german immigrants. they had landed at the port 
Boroughs_in_Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania Populated_places_established_in_1763