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History · Hayti Heights

Half of Hayti Heights’ homes were built after 1979

Most of Hayti Heights was built recently: 0.7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1980.

0on the National Register
0.7%homes built before 1940
Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0

What stands out about Hayti Heights’ past

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

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Start Hayti Heights’s collection

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

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The story so far

Hayti Heights, in brief

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

Hayti Heights is a city in eastern Pemiscot County in the bootheel of southeast Missouri, United States. The population was 515 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 626 to 515 (-18%).

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

By decade

Hayti Heights, decade by decade

On the map

Hayti Heights on the map, 1940 to 1978

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

Hayti Heights on the 1940 USGS mapHayti Heights on the 1955 USGS mapHayti Heights on the 1978 USGS map1940Hayti 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 Hayti Heights.

People over time

Hayti Heights, census by census

02004006008001,000198020002020Peak: 1,023

Between 515 and 1,023 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Hayti Heights

Nobody well known was born in Hayti Heights itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Questions about Hayti Heights’ history

Memory lane

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.