Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Allenhurst was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1918 on and the census since 1970.
The Allenhurst post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 Allenhurst’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Allenhurst. 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 Allenhurst.
From Wikipedia’s history of Allenhurst.
Allenhurst was platted in 1910 by B. H. Allen, the proprietor of a local sawmill. A post office has been in operation since 1909.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grew from 230 people in 1970 to 816 in 2020, 3 times over.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Allenhurst’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Allenhurst itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Allenhurst’s post office has been open since 1909.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Allenhurst post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 (5), Wikipedia, 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.
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