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History · Eton

Eton’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Eton was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 1910.

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How Eton began

When was Eton founded?

1906

The Eton post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Dunn (1881), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 307 in 19102020 census: 824120 years
Founding year: the first Eton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Eton’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 Eton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19195 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1985. Watch Eton change.
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Start Eton’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eton’s history is told.

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On the map

Eton on the map, 1919 to 1985

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

Eton on the 1919 USGS mapEton on the 1938 USGS mapEton on the 1943 USGS mapEton on the 1972 USGS mapEton on the 1985 USGS map1919Dalton sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story

How Eton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Eton.

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A post office called Eton has been in operation since 1906. The community's name is most likely a transfer from Eton College, in England.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Eton, 1881 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Dunn post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906Post officeThe Dunn post office closes
  5. 1906Post officeThe Eton post office opens
  6. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Eton, decade by decade

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People over time

Eton, census by census

02004006008001,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 910

Between 239 and 910 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Eton

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

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Marla MaplesAmerican actress and TV personality · b. 1963
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Lane DaviesAmerican actor · b. 1950
McCartney KesslerUS American tennis player · b. 1999
Morris AlmondAmerican basketball player · b. 1985
William ThompsonAmerican archer · b. 1848
Barbara LeighFormer American actress and model · b. 1946
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Eton’s post office has been open since 1906. Another post office, Dunn, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Dunn
1881–1906
Eton
1906–today
18801950today
Gone or out of use
Eton High Schoolschool

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

Questions about Eton’s history

What year was Eton founded?

The Eton post office opened in 1906, 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 (12), 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.