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History · Hytop

Hytop’s post office opened in 1894

Most of Hytop was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 2000.

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How Hytop began

When was Hytop founded?

1894

The Hytop post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 315 in 20002020 census: 441132 years
Founding year: the first Hytop post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hytop’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 Hytop are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hytop’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hytop, in brief

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

Hytop is a town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated on May 17, 1991. As of the 2020 census, Hytop had a population of 441. The Walls of Jericho, a popular hiking area, is located just north of Hytop.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 354 to 441 (+25%).

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

Timeline

Hytop, 1894 to 1983

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Hytop post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1983Post officeThe Hytop post office closes
By decade

Hytop, decade by decade

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On the map

Hytop on the map, 1936 to 1975

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

Hytop on the 1936 USGS mapHytop on the 1948 USGS mapHytop on the 1951 USGS mapHytop on the 1975 USGS map1936Hytop 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 Hytop.

People over time

Hytop, census by census

010020030040020002020Peak: 441

Between 315 and 441 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Hytop

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

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Dinah ShoreAmerican singer and actress · b. 1916
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John TempletonAmerican-born British stock investor, businessm… · b. 1912
Jobyna RalstonAmerican actress · b. 1899
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John Allen ChauAmerican missionary · b. 1991
Lucille BensonActress · b. 1914
Robert E. Jones, Jr.American politician · b. 1912
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Hytop had its own post office from 1894 to 1983.

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

Questions about Hytop’s history

What year was Hytop founded?

The Hytop post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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 Wikimedia Commons (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.