The story
Read it all →How Graysville came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Graysville.
Graysville was named after its founder, Joe Gray. The post office at Graysville has been in operation since 1849.
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Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History · Graysville
Graysville’s post office opened in 1849, and 84% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1943 on.
1849first post office
0on the National Register
84%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Quick answers
How Graysville began
When was Graysville founded?
1849
The Graysville post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name.
177 years
Founding year: the first Graysville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Graysville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Graysville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Graysville’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Graysville, decade by decade
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Date?Today1 recent
2016On the map
Graysville on the map, 1943 to 1998
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Graysville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1943Merom sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Graysville.
Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewHutsonville Bridge, Spanning Wabash River on State Route 154
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Graysville’s page.
Retake this view · +15Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Graysville
Nobody well known was born in Graysville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Questions about Graysville’s history
What year was Graysville founded?
The Graysville post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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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 (1), the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.