The story
Read it all →How St. Maurice came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of St. Maurice.
Until June 5, 1981, the historic St. Maurice Plantation sat near the bank of the Red River which is now an oxbow.
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History · St. Maurice
St. Maurice’s post office opened in 1852, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of St. Maurice was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Its Register listing is the St. Maurice Methodist Church.
1852first post office
1on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How St. Maurice began
When was St. Maurice founded?
1852
The St. Maurice post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 266174 years
Founding year: the first St. Maurice post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about St. Maurice’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start St. Maurice’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how St. Maurice’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the National Register
1 historic place in St. Maurice
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1997
St. Maurice Methodist Church
Buildings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to St. Maurice
Nobody well known was born in St. Maurice itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Vickie JohnsonAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1972
Places that used to be
Old corners
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Saint Maurice
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about St. Maurice’s history
What year was St. Maurice founded?
The St. Maurice post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in St. Maurice?
One place: the St. Maurice Methodist Church (listed 1997).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.