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Evan’s post office opened in 1886, and 42% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1910.

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0on the National Register
42%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Evan began

When was Evan founded?

1886

The Evan post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 112 in 19102020 census: 70140 years
Founding year: the first Evan post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Evan’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 Evan are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 153 in 1960; 70 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Evan’s homes were built before 1947.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Evan’s history is told.

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People over time

Evan, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 153

Peaked at 153 in 1960; 70 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Evan came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Evan.

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A post office called Evan was established in 1886 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1993. Evan was platted in 1887, and incorporated in 1904. The city was named for the first postmaster's wife, Eva.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Evan, 1886 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Evan post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1924Born hereRuth Taubert Seeger is born here
  5. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1960CensusPopulation peaks at 153
By decade

Evan, decade by decade

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On the map

Evan on the map, 1953 to 1991

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

Evan on the 1953 USGS mapEvan on the 1983 USGS mapEvan on the 1991 USGS map1953Morgan 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 Evan.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Evan’s post office has been open since 1886.

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

Questions about Evan’s history

What year was Evan founded?

The Evan post office opened in 1886, 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), 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.