Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the St. Patrick Church. Below: maps from 1978 on and the census since 1880.
The Imogene post office opened in 1879, 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 Imogene’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Imogene yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Imogene is a city in Fremont County, Iowa, United States. The population was 39 at the time of the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1879. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 72 to 39 (-46%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Peaked at 341 in 1910; 39 people lived here in 2020.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Imogene’s Wikipedia page.
Passages that mention Imogene, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The Catholic church of Imogene was organized in June, 1880, and has therefore a most brief history. A frame church was built in 1880 at a cost of $1,800.00 The church has a membership of eleven.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
BuiltSt. Patrick Church is built
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Imogene. 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 Imogene.
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.
Imogene’s post office has been open since 1879.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Imogene post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the St. Patrick Church (listed 1983).
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 (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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