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History · Standard City

30% of Standard City’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1925 on and the census since 1940.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Standard City’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 Standard City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Standard City’s homes were built before 1956.On the map since 19253 editions of the USGS map, 1925 to 1979. Watch Standard City change.
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The story so far

Standard City, in brief

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

Standard City is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 135 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 152 to 135 (-11%).

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

On the map

Standard City on the map, 1925 to 1979

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

Standard City on the 1925 USGS mapStandard City on the 1931 USGS mapStandard City on the 1979 USGS map1925Carlinville 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 Standard City.

Timeline

Standard City, 1821 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1821Post officeThe South Standard post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1925On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1962Post officeThe Standard City post office opens
  6. 1974Post officeThe South Standard post office closes
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People over time

Standard City, census by census

010020019401960198020002020Peak: 207

Between 128 and 207 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Standard City

Nobody well known was born in Standard City itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Samuel Wesley StrattonAmerican academic · b. 1861
Belva GaertnerAmerican acquitted of murder · b. 1884
Charlotte PierceSilent film actress · b. 1904
Bruce Campbell HopperPolitical scientist · b. 1892
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Gary HannigAmerican politician · b. 1952
Paul Martin PearsonGovernor of the United States Virgin Islands · b. 1871
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Standard City’s post office has been open since 1962. Another post office, South Standard, opened and closed inside today’s town.

South Standard
1821–1974
Standard City
1962–today
18201920today

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

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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 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.