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More historic than 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Archie was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1890.
The Archie post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 17% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Archie is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
Missouri towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Missouri town has 2.4 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Archie’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Missouri towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Archie’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Archie.
Archie was platted in 1880, and named after Archie Talmadge, the son of a railroad official. A post office has been in operation at Archie since 1880.
On August 10, 1932, a meteorite fell near Archie that received national attention. A fragment is on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The name of the meteorite is "Archie".
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Archie, cut from the printed page as they were published.
On the construction of what is known as the L. & S. branch of the Missouri Pacific railroad, north and south through the center of the county, in 1880, the town of Archie came into existence. It is located near the center of the south boundary of the county. It draws an exten¬ sive trade from both Cass and Bates Counties.
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Archie Cox was reared to manhood in his native state and in 1884 came to Missouri and first settled in Carroll County and five years later came to Cass County, and settled on a farm near East Lynne, where he spent the remainder of his life. He made farming the chief occupation of
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Archie. 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 Archie.
Grew from 278 people in 1890 to 1,268 in 2020, 4 times over.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Archie’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Archie post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Archie is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
2% of Archie’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 8.4% for a Missouri town; the median home was built in 1980.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (2), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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