Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 1880.
Curryville dates its founding to 1866 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1880.
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 Curryville’s history is told.
Peaked at 337 in 1970; 197 people lived here in 2020.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Curryville’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Curryville.
Curryville was platted in 1866, and named after Perry A. Curry, the original owner of the town site. A post office called Curryville has been in operation since 1869.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Curryville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Previous to 1575 the major portion of tlie congregation of tlie Curryville Cui;iberla!id Presbyterian Church held their membership with the Mount Ayr Ciiurch, several miles north of the village, \\'here the Curryville congregation now worships. In September of this year a part of the Mount Air people petitioned the ]-»resbytery, at its regular session, held with the Union Yalley Cimrch, in Marion county, to pcM-mit a division of thecongregation, and to allow ai^art of tho.-e members to hoM their services in the town of Curryville. The petition was promptly acceded to by the }n-esbytery, and
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.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Curryville. 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 Curryville.
Curryville’s post office has been open since 1869.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1866, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Curryville’s post office opened in 1869, and the census of 1880 counted 273 people here.
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikipedia, 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.
