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History · Huntsdale

Huntsdale’s post office opened in 1892

Most of Huntsdale was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1910.

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How Huntsdale began

When was Huntsdale founded?

1892

The Huntsdale post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1906.

First census: 91 in 19102020 census: 29134 years
Founding year: the first Huntsdale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1906.

What stands out about Huntsdale’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 Huntsdale are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 151 in 1930; 29 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huntsdale’s history is told.

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People over time

Huntsdale, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 151

Peaked at 151 in 1930; 29 people lived here in 2020.

4 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Huntsdale, in brief

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

Huntsdale is a village in Boone County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 31 at the 2010 census. The village was founded on August 1, 1892, and named after William Burch Hunt, a landowner. Huntsdale was first incorporated in 1906, but that status eventually fell into neglect and the last village council election took place in 1929. Due mainly to an influx of residential development in the area, Huntsdale was reincorporated in February 2003 and its first elections were held two months later. A center of activity in Huntsdale was Katfish Katy's, a small trail-side, seasonal restaurant along the Katy Trail State Park…

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 31 to 29 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Huntsdale, 1892 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Huntsdale post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 151
  5. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1953Post officeThe Huntsdale post office closes
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On the map

Huntsdale on the map, 1948 to 1985

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

Huntsdale on the 1948 USGS mapHuntsdale on the 1950 USGS mapHuntsdale on the 1967 USGS mapHuntsdale on the 1974 USGS mapHuntsdale on the 1985 USGS map1948Columbia 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 Huntsdale.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Huntsdale had its own post office from 1892 to 1953.

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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Huntsdale’s history

What year was Huntsdale founded?

The Huntsdale post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1906.

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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 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.