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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.
1908 first post office
2 on the National Register
36% homes built before 1940
1 famous 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 1910 2020 census: 610 118 years
What stands out about Marble’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Marble’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marble’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album. 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.
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.
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.
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 0 200 400 600 800 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak: 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.
Town Square → Start a conversation
What used to stand where something else is now in Marble? → Who remembers Marble in the 1950s? → A family story from old Marble → Does anyone have photos of Marble from the 1990s? → 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.