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History · Batchtown

Batchtown’s post office opened in 1879, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1930 on, and the census since 1900.

1879first post office
0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Batchtown’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Batchtown began

When was Batchtown founded?

1879

The Batchtown post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 360 in 19002020 census: 170147 years
Founding year: the first Batchtown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Batchtown’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 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Batchtown’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Batchtown came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Batchtown.

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The village and the area surrounding it was called Richwoods during the 1850s. Then people started referring to the area as Sam White's, after a leading merchant in Calhoun County. It was later called Batchelder Ville, after William Batchelder, who lived in the village during the 1860s. A post office opened up in the community in 1879 and Batchtown became the official name of the village.

By the time the village was incorporated, there were several stores and shops. The Grand Army of the Republic set up a post in the village and the first Batchtown Methodist Church was set up.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Batchtown, 1879 to 1930

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Batchtown post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900In the archiveBatchtown Map
  5. 1909Born hereBill McGee is born here
  6. 1910In the archiveBatchtown Church
  7. 1930On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Batchtown, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s–1910s4 items
Batchtown Map1900Batchtown MapMapBatchtown Church1910Batchtown ChurchBatchtown school1910Batchtown schoolShannon1910Shannon
1920s–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
Andrew C Wilson home2010Andrew C Wilson home
On the map

Batchtown on the map, 1930 to 1993

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

Batchtown on the 1930 USGS mapBatchtown on the 1975 USGS mapBatchtown on the 1993 USGS map1930Hardin 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 Batchtown.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Batchtown Church
Retake this viewBatchtown Church, 1910

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People over time

Batchtown, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 360

Between 170 and 360 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Questions about Batchtown’s history

What year was Batchtown founded?

The Batchtown post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Sources

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 (5), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.