The story
Read it all →How Cyrus came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Cyrus.
Cyrus was platted in 1882, and a post office has been in operation at Cyrus since that year.
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History · Cyrus
Cyrus’ post office opened in 1882, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 1900.
1882first post office
0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Cyrus began
When was Cyrus founded?
1882
The Cyrus post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 197 in 19002020 census: 305144 years
Founding year: the first Cyrus post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Cyrus’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Cyrus’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cyrus’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
Cyrus, decade by decade
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2014On the map
Cyrus on the map, 1968 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cyrus. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1968Cyrus sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cyrus.
People over time
Cyrus, census by census
Between 197 and 386 people in every census since 1900.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cyrus’ Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Cyrus
Nobody well known was born in Cyrus itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Places now gone and burying grounds
Cyrus’s post office has been open since 1882.
Gone or out of use
Cyruslocale
1cemetery inside Cyrus
Saint Petri
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Cyrus’ history
What year was Cyrus founded?
The Cyrus post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, 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.