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History · Pryorsburg

Pryorsburg’s post office opened in 1860

Most of Pryorsburg was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1952 on.

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How Pryorsburg began

When was Pryorsburg founded?

1860

The Pryorsburg post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 262166 years
Founding year: the first Pryorsburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pryorsburg’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Pryorsburg, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pryorsburg yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Pryorsburg (also Pryors) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Graves County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pryorsburg had a population of 262. The community is located along U.S. Route 45, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Mayfield, the county seat.

Its first post office opened in 1860. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 311 to 262 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Pryorsburg, 1860 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860Post officeThe Pryorsburg post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1960Post officeThe Pryorsburg post office closes
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On the map

Pryorsburg on the map, 1952 to 1994

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

Pryorsburg on the 1952 USGS mapPryorsburg on the 1969 USGS mapPryorsburg on the 1983 USGS mapPryorsburg on the 1994 USGS map1952Mayfield sheet · 1:24,000

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Pryorsburg had its own post office from 1860 to 1960.

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

Questions about Pryorsburg’s history

What year was Pryorsburg founded?

The Pryorsburg post office opened in 1860, 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.