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The Shueyville post office opened in 1856, 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 Shueyville’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Shueyville. 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 Shueyville.
From Wikipedia’s history of Shueyville.
Shueyville was founded in 1855 by Jacob Shuey, who emigrated from Augusta County, Virginia. The initial population of the town was Shuey and his extended family. Shuey also donated the land on which was built Western College, which later became Leander Clark College.
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Passages that mention Shueyville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
east except Jacob and James E. After the latter moved to Iowa, Jacob went to Tiffin, Ohio, and he died there about sixteen years ago. Mrs. James E. Bowersox belonged to the Shuey family, for whom the town of Shueyville was named, and her father at one time owned the land on which the town was laid out and several hundred acres surrounding it. Her
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five cattle a year, and often two hundred hogs. He died November 3, 1880, and was buried in the Potter cemetery, west of Shueyville. He was a member of A. F. and A. M. Moses, the eldest of his sons, followed railroading for some time, but since his father's death has been farming.
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Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Grew from 108 people in 1880 to 731 in 2020, 6 times over.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Shueyville’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Shueyville had its own post office from 1856 to 1934.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Shueyville post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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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