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History · Gu-Win

Gu-Win was first counted by the census in 1960, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1960.

1960first census
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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How Gu-Win began

When was Gu-Win founded?

1960

Gu-Win first appears in the census in 1960.

First census: 80 in 19602020 census: 14166 years
Founding year: the first census.The full story ↓

What stands out about Gu-Win’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 Gu-Win are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 266 in 1980; 141 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gu-Win’s history is told.

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People over time

Gu-Win, census by census

01002001960198020002020Peak: 266

Peaked at 266 in 1980; 141 people lived here in 2020.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Gu-Win’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Gu-Win came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Gu-Win.

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The area Gu-Win occupies is between Guin and Winfield. Until the 1950s, it was known as "Ear Gap". Not wanting to be annexed into Guin or Winfield, it pursued incorporation for itself, and chose the name of the local drive-in theater, "Gu-Win". As of 2019, the theater still operates, but has been renamed the Blue Moon.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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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On the map

Gu-Win on the map, 1967 to 1984

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

Gu-Win on the 1967 USGS mapGu-Win on the 1984 USGS map1967Guin sheet · 1:24,000

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

Questions about Gu-Win’s history

What year was Gu-Win founded?

The Gu-Win post office opened in 1960, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.