Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Combination Depot-Hornick. Below: maps from 1969 on and the census since 1900.
The Hornick post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1896.
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 Hornick’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Hornick.
Hornick was impacted the 2019 floods. The town was under 2 feet of water. Funding has been allocated for the construction of a berm, similar to the temporary berm which prevented flooding in 1996.
Hornick formerly had passenger train service provided by the Milwaukee Road. Today, Hornick station is listed on the NRHP.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereMadeleine Ruthven is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hornick. 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 Hornick.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 222 and 310 people in every census since 1900.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hornick’s Wikipedia page.
Hornick’s post office has been open since 1887.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Hornick post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1896.
One place: the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Combination Depot-Hornick (listed 1990).
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 (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
2022
2021
2018
2004
