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History · Hartsburg

Hartsburg’s post office opened in 1894, and 53% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Bond's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church and the Samuel E. Hackman Building. Its Register listings are the Bond's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church and the Samuel E. Hackman Building. Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1910.

1894first post office
2on the National Register
53%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Hartsburg began

When was Hartsburg founded?

1894

The Hartsburg post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 175 in 19102020 census: 133132 years
Founding year: the first Hartsburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hartsburg’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 Hartsburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Hartsburg’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 211 in 1920; 133 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hartsburg’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hartsburg, in brief

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

Hartsburg is a village in southern Boone County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 133 per the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 103 to 133 (+29%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

People over time

Hartsburg, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 211

Peaked at 211 in 1920; 133 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Timeline

Hartsburg, 1894 to 1982

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Hartsburg post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 211
  5. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1982Born hereLucas Kunce is born here
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

Hartsburg on the map, 1948 to 2000

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

Hartsburg on the 1948 USGS mapHartsburg on the 1969 USGS mapHartsburg on the 1981 USGS mapHartsburg on the 2000 USGS map1948Centertown 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 Hartsburg.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Hartsburg

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

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1993
Bond's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church
Samuel E. Hackman Building
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Nineteenth Century Rural Church1
Late Victorian1
Bond's Chapel Methodist Episcopal ChurchNineteenth Century Rural Church
Samuel E. Hackman BuildingLate Victorian

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

Questions about Hartsburg’s history

What year was Hartsburg founded?

The Hartsburg post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Hartsburg?

Two places: the Bond's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (listed 1993) and the Samuel E. Hackman Building (1998).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.