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History · Cutler

Cutler’s post office opened in 1883, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1914 on and the census since 1880.

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14%homes built before 1940
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How Cutler began

When was Cutler founded?

1883

The Cutler post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Cutler Station (1872), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 76 in 18802020 census: 361143 years
Founding year: the first Cutler post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Cutler’s 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 Cutler are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 590 in 1940; 361 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19143 editions of the USGS map, 1914 to 1982. Watch Cutler change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cutler’s history is told.

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People over time

Cutler, census by census

010020030040050060018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 590

Peaked at 590 in 1940; 361 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

On the map

Cutler on the map, 1914 to 1982

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

Cutler on the 1914 USGS mapCutler on the 1965 USGS mapCutler on the 1982 USGS map1914Coulterville 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 Cutler.

The story

How Cutler came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cutler.

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A post office has been in operation at Cutler since 1872. The village's name honors Cutler Dawson, a railroad official.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cutler, 1872 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Cutler Station post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Cutler Station post office closes
  4. 1883Post officeThe Cutler post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1914On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 590
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Cutler’s post office has been open since 1883. Another post office, Cutler Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Cutler Station
1872–1883
Cutler
1883–today
18701950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Cutler’s history

What year was Cutler founded?

The Cutler post office opened in 1883, 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 Wikipedia, 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.