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History · Pine Village

Pine Village dates to 1851, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1900.

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How Pine Village began

When was Pine Village founded?

1851

Pine Village dates its founding to 1851 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1900.

First census: 279 in 19002020 census: 212175 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1854.The full story ↓

What stands out about Pine Village’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 Pine Village are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 352 in 1910; 212 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Pine Village’s homes were built before 1946.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Village’s history is told.

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People over time

Pine Village, census by census

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Peaked at 352 in 1910; 212 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story

How Pine Village came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pine Village.

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The town was founded at the location of a trading post called Pine Village, which may have been named for a lone pine tree that stood on the bluff of Pine Creek, or it may have been named for the creek itself. The town was laid out in 1851 by Isaac and John R. Metsker, and the plat map was made by county surveyor Perrin Kent. The Methodist Church was already there; it was built several years earlier.

The post office at Pine Village has been in operation since 1854.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Pine Village, 1851 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851
    FoundingPine Village is established
  3. 1854Post officeThe Pine Village post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1910CensusPopulation peaks at 352
  6. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Pine Village on the map, 1961 to 1984

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

Pine Village on the 1961 USGS mapPine Village on the 1984 USGS map1961Pine Village 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 Pine Village.

Famous people

Famous people close to Pine Village

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

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Robert KeithAmerican actor · b. 1898
Adam KennedyAmerican artist · b. 1922
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Burton Y. BerryAmerican diplomat · b. 1901
Jacob Edwin MeekerAmerican politician · b. 1878
William R. WoodAmerican politician · b. 1861
Otis JohnsonAmerican baseball player · b. 1883

Questions about Pine Village’s history

What year was Pine Village founded?

In 1851, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Pine Village’s post office opened in 1854, and the census of 1900 counted 279 people here.

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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 Wikipedia, 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.