The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Clutier.
A post office called Clutier has been in operation since 1900. The city was named for B. F. Clutier.
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History · Clutier
Clutier’s post office opened in 1900, and 55% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1910.
1900first post office
0on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Clutier began
When was Clutier founded?
1900
The Clutier post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 186 in 19102020 census: 213126 years
Founding year: the first Clutier post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Clutier’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Clutier’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clutier’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.People over time
Clutier, census by census
Peaked at 354 in 1940; 213 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clutier’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Clutier, 1900 to 1971
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Clutier, decade by decade
Today2 recent
2021
2004On the map
Clutier on the map, 1971 to 1984
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clutier. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1971Clutier sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Clutier.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Clutier
Nobody well known was born in Clutier itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Bruce Charles HeezenAmerican geologist · b. 1924C
Clifford BerryAmerican computer scientist · b. 1918
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Bruce FrenchAmerican actor · b. 1945G
George NissenAmerican inventor of the modern trampoline · b. 1914Places that used to be
Places now gone
Clutier’s post office has been open since 1900.
Gone or out of use
Clutierlocale
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Clutier’s history
What year was Clutier founded?
The Clutier post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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Sources
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 (2), 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.