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History · Calvin

Calvin’s post office opened in 1902

Most of Calvin was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1960.

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How Calvin began

When was Calvin founded?

1902

The Calvin post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 232 in 19602020 census: 242124 years
Founding year: the first Calvin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Calvin’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 Calvin are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Calvin, in brief

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

Calvin is a village in Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Calvin had a population of 242.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 238 in 2010, 242 in 2020.

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

By decade

Calvin, decade by decade

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On the map

Calvin on the map, 1949 to 2003

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

Calvin on the 1949 USGS mapCalvin on the 1955 USGS mapCalvin on the 1983 USGS mapCalvin on the 2003 USGS map1949Calvin NE sheet · 1:31,680

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

People over time

Calvin, census by census

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Between 207 and 286 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Questions about Calvin’s history

What year was Calvin founded?

The Calvin post office opened in 1902, 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 (1), 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.