Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1950 on and old-book passages.
Raglesville dates its founding to 1837 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1849.
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 Raglesville’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Raglesville.
Raglesville was laid out in 1837. A post office was established at Raglesville in 1849, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1923. John Ragle was the first postmaster.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Raglesville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
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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.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Raglesville. 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 Raglesville.
Nobody well known was born in Raglesville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
In 1837, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Raglesville’s post office opened in 1849.
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 →
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
