Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Horine was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Below: maps from 1912 on and the census since 2000.
Horine dates its founding to 1868 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 2000.
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 Horine’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Horine. 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 Horine.
From Wikipedia’s history of Horine.
Horine was platted in 1868, and named after C. Thomas Horine, an early settler. A post office called "Horine Station" was established in 1862, the name was changed to "Horine" in 1916, and the post office closed in 1942.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 SurveyBetween 657 and 923 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Horine’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Horine itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Horine had its own post office from 1916 to 1942. Another post office, Horine Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1868, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Horine’s post office opened in 1862, and the census of 2000 counted 923 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, 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.
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