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History · Andale

Andale’s post office opened in 1889, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on and the census since 1910.

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How Andale began

When was Andale founded?

1889

The Andale post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Magnolia (1877), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 237 in 19102020 census: 941137 years
Founding year: the first Andale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Andale’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 Andale are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1990. Watch Andale change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Andale’s history is told.

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On the map

Andale on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

Andale on the 1889 USGS mapAndale on the 1891 USGS mapAndale on the 1901 USGS mapAndale on the 1959 USGS mapAndale on the 1985 USGS mapAndale on the 1990 USGS map1889Cheney 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 Andale.

The story

How Andale came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Andale.

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Andale was founded in the early 1880s. The city's name is a portmanteau of the surnames of two families of pioneer settlers, the Andersons and Dales.

The first post office in Andale was established in January 1899.

Andale was a station and shipping point on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Andale, 1877 to 1986

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Magnolia post office opens
  3. 1889Post officeThe Magnolia post office closes
  4. 1889Post officeThe Andale post office opens
  5. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1986Born hereColton Haynes is born here
By decade

Andale, decade by decade

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People over time

Andale, census by census

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Grew from 237 people in 1910 to 941 in 2020, 3 times over.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Andale’s post office has been open since 1889. Another post office, Magnolia, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Magnolia
1877–1889
Andale
1889–today
18701950today
1cemetery inside Andale
Saint Joseph

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Andale’s history

What year was Andale founded?

The Andale post office opened in 1889, 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, 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.