Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Ruth Suckow House. Below: old-book passages.
Earlville dates its founding to 1857 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1858.
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 Earlville’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Earlville.
Earlville got its start in the year 1857, following construction of the railroad through that territory. It is named for its first settler, George M. Earl. A post office opened in Earlville in 1858.
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Passages that mention Earlville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
VILLAGE OF EARLVILLE The original Town of Earlville, first known as Nottingham, was laid out on sections 85 and 36, in October, 1857, for the Iowa Land Company, by its president, R. B. Mason. The plat was filed for record in the county recorder's office on the 22d day of the month mentioned. The village was named Nottingham, in honor of one of the leading officials of tlie railroail rompany, then first operating within its circumscribed limits.
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Earl, W. N. Pitkin and the Railroad Company, who, with the consent of the residents, named the place Nottingham, in honor of one of their largest stockholders. That name it continued to bear for almost a year, when, as there was another Nottingham in the State, the post office was changed to Earlville by the Government, and soon after the Railroad Company adopted that name for the station ; the name of the town, however, is Nottingham, and so appears in
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Earl, W. N. Pitkin and the Railroad Company, who, with the consent of the residents, named the place Nottingham, in honor of one of their largest stockholders. That name it continued to bear for almost a year, when, as there was another Nottinghamin the State, the post office was changed to Earlville by the Government, and soon after the Railroad Company adopted that name for the station ; the name of the town, however, is Nottingham, and so appears in
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The Earlville House was one of the first buildings erected in Earlville. It was built in 1857. Since then, there has been additions to the original structure, so that now it is a commodious and well arranged hotel. The property is owned by Asa Wheeler and Mrs. M. A. Wheeler. The office is in charge of this amiable lady's nephew, Spencer M. Wheeler.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Earlville’s post office has been open since 1858.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1857, according to Wikidata. Earlville’s post office opened in 1858.
One place: the Ruth Suckow House (listed 1977).
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 →
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