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History · Losantville

Losantville’s post office opened in 1854, and 59% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1960 on, and the census since 1880.

1854first post office
0on the National Register
59%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Losantville began

When was Losantville founded?

1854

The Losantville post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 52 in 18802020 census: 221172 years
Founding year: the first Losantville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Losantville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Losantville’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 321 in 1920; 221 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Losantville’s history is told.

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The story

How Losantville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Losantville.

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Losantville was first known as Hunts Cross Roads, and under the latter name was platted in 1851. The present name is derived from Losantiville, an early name for Cincinnati, Ohio. A post office called Losantville has been in operation since 1854.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

People over time

Losantville, census by census

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Peaked at 321 in 1920; 221 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Timeline

Losantville, 1854 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Losantville post office opens
  3. 1880Born hereClaude Berry is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 321
  6. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Losantville, decade by decade

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On the map

Losantville on the map, 1960 to 1986

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

Losantville on the 1960 USGS mapLosantville on the 1986 USGS map1960Modoc sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Losantville.

Then & now

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Questions about Losantville’s history

What year was Losantville founded?

The Losantville post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.