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History · Marble

Marble’s post office opened in 1908, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are . Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 1910.

1908first post office
2on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers

How Marble began

When was Marble founded?

1908

The Marble post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 887 in 19102020 census: 610118 years
Founding year: the first Marble post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Marble’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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Start Marble’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marble’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Marble, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 701 to 610 (-13%).

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.

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On the map

Marble on the map, 1952 to 1992

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

Marble on the 1952 USGS mapMarble on the 1969 USGS mapMarble on the 1992 USGS map1952Calumet sheet · 1:24,000

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

On the National Register

2 historic places in Marble

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Marble, census by census

0200400600800192019401960198020002020Peak: 887

Between 610 and 887 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Questions about Marble’s history

What year was Marble founded?

The Marble post office opened in 1908, 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 Wikidata (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.