Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Golf was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1945 on and the census since 1960.
Golf dates its founding to 1956 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1960.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Golf’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Golf.
Golf was founded in the 1956 as a planned community on a golf course. As some of the early settlers were originally from Golf, Illinois, this was their preference for a name. The village was officially incorporated in 1957.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Golf. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Golf.
Grew from 35 people in 1960 to 255 in 2020, 7 times over.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Golf’s Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1956, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1960 counted 35 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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