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Reubens’ post office opened in 1908, and 61% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1914 on and the census since 1920.

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How Reubens began

When was Reubens founded?

1908

The Reubens post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 176 in 19202020 census: 46118 years
Founding year: the first Reubens post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Reubens, in brief

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

Reubens is a city in Lewis County, Idaho, United States, on the Camas Prairie. As of the 2020 census, Reubens had a population of 46.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 71 to 46 (-35%).

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

By decade

Reubens, decade by decade

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Depot and Camas Prairie Train, circa 19102021Depot and Camas Prairie Train, circa 1910Bank of Reubens Check, circa 1920s2021Bank of Reubens Check, circa 1920sIDMap-doton-Reubens2004IDMap-doton-Reubens
On the map

Reubens on the map, 1958 to 1984

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

Reubens on the 1958 USGS mapReubens on the 1984 USGS map1958Culdesac sheet · 1:62,500

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

Every building

Reubens, building by building, 1914–1929

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 year, then a sheet.

Reubens fire insurance map, 1914, sheet 11914Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

People over time

Reubens, census by census

010020019201940196019802000Peak: 191

Between 46 and 191 people in every census since 1920.

10 censuses, 1920–2010.

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

Questions about Reubens’ history

What year was Reubens founded?

The Reubens post office opened in 1908, 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 (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.