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Admire’s post office opened in 1886, and 54% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1885 on and the census since 1920.

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Quick answers

How Admire began, and where its name came from

When was Admire founded?

1886

The Admire post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 205 in 19202020 census: 130140 years

How did Admire get its name?

Admire was named for one of its founders, Jacob Admire.

Founding year: the first Admire post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Admire’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 Admire are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18854 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1985. Watch Admire change.Old housesHalf of Admire’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 270 in 1940; 130 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Admire’s history is told.

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On the map

Admire on the map, 1885 to 1985

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

Admire on the 1885 USGS mapAdmire on the 1894 USGS mapAdmire on the 1971 USGS mapAdmire on the 1985 USGS map1885Eskridge sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Admire came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Admire.

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Admire was founded in 1886. It was named for one of its founders, Jacob Admire.

The first post office in Admire was established in November 1886.

Admire was a station and shipping point on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. By the mid-1990s, rail service in Admire had been discontinued, and the tracks are now being used as a rail trail.

Admire's current acting mayor is Donna Uhl. The former mayor, prior to January 2024, was Robert Reust.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Admire, 1885 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1886Post officeThe Admire post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 270
By decade

Admire, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Aerial view of Admire, Kansas 09-04-20132013Aerial view of Admire, Kansas 09-04-2013KSMap-doton-Admire2004KSMap-doton-Admire
People over time

Admire, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020Peak: 270

Peaked at 270 in 1940; 130 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Admire’s history

What year was Admire founded?

The Admire post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.