Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listings are the Marion and Julia Kelley House, the Hazelton Presbyterian Church and the Bert and Fay Havens House. Below: maps from 1917 on and the census since 1920.
The Hazelton post office opened in 1907, 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 Hazelton’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hazelton yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Hazelton is a city in Jerome County, Idaho, United States. The population was 807 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Twin Falls, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 753 to 803 (+7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hazelton. 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 Hazelton.
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.
1917Sheet 1 of 1Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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.
Grew from 295 people in 1920 to 803 in 2020.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hazelton’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Hazelton itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Hazelton post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Three places: the Marion and Julia Kelley House (listed 1983), the Hazelton Presbyterian Church (1991) and the Bert and Fay Havens House (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), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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 Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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