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History · Egypt

Half of Egypt’s homes were built after 1991

Most of Egypt was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1885 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Egypt’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Egypt are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18856 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1984. Watch Egypt change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Egypt’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Egypt on the map, 1885 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Egypt. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Egypt on the 1885 USGS mapEgypt on the 1892 USGS mapEgypt on the 1903 USGS mapEgypt on the 1959 USGS mapEgypt on the 1975 USGS mapEgypt on the 1984 USGS map1885Gadsden sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Egypt.

The story so far

Egypt, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Egypt yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Egypt is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 932 as of the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 932 to 845 (-9%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Egypt, 1885 to 1894

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1887Post officeThe Littleton post office opens
  4. 1894Post officeThe Littleton post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Egypt

Nobody well known was born in Egypt itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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YelawolfAmerican rapper · b. 1979
Beth GrantAmerican actress · b. 1949
Roy MooreAmerican jurist and politician · b. 1947
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Mathew KnowlesAmerican music executive, businessman, record p… · b. 1952
Angela LittleAmerican actress · b. 1972
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Charles Clyde EbbetsAmerican photographer · b. 1905
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Littleton, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Littleton
Gone or out of use
Howelton SchoolschoolVaughns Grove Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Egypt
Howelton

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Carlisle-RockledgeIts storyCIvaleeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Egypt’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.