Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1927 on and the census since 1910.
The Livingston post office opened in 1904, 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 Livingston’s history is told.
Peaked at 1,447 in 1930; 763 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Livingston’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Livingston.
Livingston had its start by the building of the railroad and the opening of a mine in the neighborhood. Livingston was laid out about 1904 by the heirs of John Livingston.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Livingston, cut from the printed page as they were published.
initil the fall of 1852, when he came West and located in Kendall County. 111., where he purchased a farm and continued to live until the winter of 1867, at which time he came to Livingston County and settled in Broughton Township, where he purchased a farm. Here he resided until the establishment of the village of Campus, of which he was one of the founders and first settlers. The growth of the vil-
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city or county is it-; railroad_ communications. At least it is safe to assert that such has become a demonstrated fact with regard to Livingston County. A letrospection of her history since the advent of railroad facilities will Convince the careful observer of the immense benefit resulting from the introduction of this essential adjunct of commercial enterprise, hence we give
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Livingston. 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 Livingston.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Livingston post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 (1), Wikipedia, 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 old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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