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History · Knierim

Knierim’s post office opened in 1899, and 54% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 1910.

1899first post office
0on the National Register
54%homes built before 1940
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How Knierim began

When was Knierim founded?

1899

The Knierim post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 220 in 19102020 census: 53127 years
Founding year: the first Knierim post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Knierim’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 Knierim are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Knierim’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Knierim’s history is told.

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The story

How Knierim came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Knierim.

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The city was founded by William and Wilhelmina Knierim in 1899, and incorporated in 1901.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Knierim, decade by decade

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Welcome to2021Welcome toNEW Cooperative facility2021NEW Cooperative facilityIAMap-doton-Knierim2004IAMap-doton-Knierim
On the map

Knierim on the map, 1965 to 1993

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

Knierim on the 1965 USGS mapKnierim on the 1985 USGS mapKnierim on the 1993 USGS map1965Knierim sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Knierim, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 220

Between 53 and 220 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Questions about Knierim’s history

What year was Knierim founded?

The Knierim post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (3), 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.