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Evarts’ post office opened in 1885, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

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When was Evarts founded?

1885

The Evarts post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 859141 years
Founding year: the first Evarts post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Evarts, in brief

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Evarts is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The post office was opened on February 9, 1855, and named for one of the area's pioneer families. The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1921. As of the 2020 census, Evarts had a population of 859.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 962 to 859 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Evarts, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

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Evarts’s post office has been open since 1885.

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Fisk Railroad StationlocaleHarnick Railroad StationlocaleParkdale Railroad Stationlocale

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

Questions about Evarts’ history

What year was Evarts founded?

The Evarts post office opened in 1885, 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 (3), 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.