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Kellyton AlabamaPhoto: Rivers A. Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History · Kellyton

Kellyton’s post office opened in 1874, and 39% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1920.

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Photo: Rivers A. Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Kellyton began

When was Kellyton founded?

1874

The Kellyton post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 241 in 19202020 census: 129152 years
Founding year: the first Kellyton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Kellyton’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 Kellyton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1983. Watch Kellyton change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kellyton’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Kellyton on the map, 1901 to 1983

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

Kellyton on the 1901 USGS mapKellyton on the 1971 USGS mapKellyton on the 1983 USGS map1901Wetumpka 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 Kellyton.

The story so far

Kellyton, in brief

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

Kellyton is an incorporated town in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Kellyton had a population of 129. The town is part of the Talladega-Sylacauga Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 217 to 129 (-41%).

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

Timeline

Kellyton, 1874 to 1983

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Kellyton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1983Born hereJustin Tuck is born here
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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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People over time

Kellyton, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 241

Between 129 and 241 people in every census since 1920.

4 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Kellyton’s history

What year was Kellyton founded?

The Kellyton post office opened in 1874, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.