Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1892 on, and the census since 1910.
Munden dates its founding to 1887 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1910.
Munden was named for John Munden, the original owner of the town site.
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 Munden’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Munden. 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 Munden.
From Wikipedia’s history of Munden.
Munden was founded in September 1887. It was named for John Munden, the original owner of the town site.
As of June, 2023, in Munden there is a: post office, community hall, cafe, insurance business, tool manufacturing company, and three churches.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Munden, cut from the printed page as they were published.
E. V. Rockhold 1898 and 1899 J. W. Boughner a part of 1899 W. H. Stinson 1900 and 1901 The village of Munden, so called from John Munden, owner of the land on which the town is built and trustee for Jane Ann Stephens, is located on the north line of Pairview townshiji. The original townsite was surveyed by E. W. Wagner, county surveyor, on the 29th and 30th
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
The other enters the county on section 12, in Albion township; runs southwest to Belleville, where the two unite and form the main line to Denver. The stations on this Une are Narka and Munden. On the Main line west the stations are Belleville, Rydal, Scandia and Courtland. The mileage on both lines is fifty -four and ninety-otieone hundredths, and the assessed valuation for 1901 is $421,336.
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyNo then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Munden’s page.
Retake this view · +15Peaked at 339 in 1920; 96 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Munden’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Munden itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Munden’s post office has been open since 1888. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1887, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Munden’s post office opened in 1875, and the census of 1910 counted 275 people here.
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 the Library of Congress (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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.
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