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History · Moore

Moore’s post office opened in 1902, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1972 on, and the census since 1950.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Moore’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Moore began

When was Moore founded?

1902

The Moore post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 256 in 19502020 census: 162124 years
Founding year: the first Moore post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Moore’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 358 in 1960; 162 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Moore’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moore’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps -…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Moore, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 358

Peaked at 358 in 1960; 162 people lived here in 2020.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

The story so far

Moore, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Moore yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Moore is a city in Butte County, Idaho, United States. The population was 162 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 189 to 162 (-14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Moore, 1880 to 1972

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Idaho - Butte County - ED 12-1, ED 12-2, ED 12-3,…
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902Post officeThe Moore post office opens
  5. 1960CensusPopulation peaks at 358
  6. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Moore, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Idaho - Butte County - ED 12-1, ED 12-2, ED 12-3, ED 12-4, ED 12-5, ED 12-6, ED…18801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Idaho - Butte…
1890s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
IDMap-doton-Moore2004IDMap-doton-Moore
On the map

Moore on the map, 1972 to 1988

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

Moore on the 1972 USGS mapMoore on the 1988 USGS map1972Arco North 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 Moore.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Idaho - Butte County - ED 12-1, ED 12-2, ED 12-3, ED 12-4, ED 12-5, ED 12-6, ED…
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Idaho - Butte County - ED 12-1, ED 12-2, ED 12-3, ED 12-4, ED 12-5, ED 12-6, ED…, 1880

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Questions about Moore’s history

What year was Moore founded?

The Moore post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (2), 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.