Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1910.
The Lizton post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Union (1828) and New Elizabeth (1854), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
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 Lizton’s history is told.
Lizton’s post office has been open since 1873. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikipedia’s history of Lizton.
Lizton was originally called New Elizabeth, and under the latter name was laid out in 1837 by Jesse Veiley, and named for his wife, Elizabeth.
The post office was established as New Elizabeth in 1854, and was renamed Lizton in 1873. According to one source, the name may have been changed by the railroad.
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Passages that mention Lizton, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The first settlement in the township was made on the farm which Mr. Yeiley lias since owned, by John Matlock and John Fowler, about the year 1828. Isaac Yeiley entered the land where Lizton stands, in 1828, but did not move to the settlement until 1831. Among those who settled in the township before 1835 are Archibald Alexander, James and William Leak and their sons, William Montgomery, John Pritchett, Claiborne Davis and the Plummers. Owing to the poor natural drainage, the bad condi¬
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Lizton has a fine school building, completed in 1884, at a cost of $2,500. A six-months school is held here. J. W. Trotter is Prin¬ cipal, assisted by Luella Sanders and one other teacher. ■ RAIN8TOWN is a station and po3toffice in the eastern part of the town¬ ship. The postoffice and only store is kept by J. D. King.
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.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
Born herePeyton Hendershot is born hereEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lizton. 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 Lizton.
Grew from 224 people in 1910 to 511 in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lizton’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Lizton post office opened in 1873, 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 →
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