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History · Templeville

Templeville’s post office opened in 1847, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1880.

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0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Templeville began

When was Templeville founded?

1847

The Templeville post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1865.

First census: 101 in 18802020 census: 113179 years
Founding year: the first Templeville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1865.The full story ↓

What stands out about Templeville’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 Templeville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19015 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1993. Watch Templeville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1847: 179 years of Templeville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Templeville’s history is told.

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On the map

Templeville on the map, 1901 to 1993

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

Templeville on the 1901 USGS mapTempleville on the 1944 USGS mapTempleville on the 1953 USGS mapTempleville on the 1973 USGS mapTempleville on the 1993 USGS map1901Belair sheet · 1:62,500

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

Timeline

Templeville, 1847 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1847Post officeThe Templeville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1909Born hereJim Boyer is born here
The story

How Templeville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Templeville.

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Originally called "Bullock Town", the town changed its name to "Templeville" in 1847. The name was chosen based on "one of several historic cemeteries located near the town". Templeville was originally incorporated in 1865; the charter was renewed in 1947.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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People over time

Templeville, census by census

010018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 138

Between 66 and 138 people in every census since 1880.

9 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Questions about Templeville’s history

What year was Templeville founded?

The Templeville post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1865.

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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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.