Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1887 on and the census since 1870.
Kingsville dates its founding to 1856 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1870.
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 Kingsville’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kingsville. 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 Kingsville.
Peaked at 365 in 1980; 245 people lived here in 2020.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Kingsville’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Kingsville.
Kingsville was platted in 1856. The community was named for General William King, a first settler. A post office called Kingsville has been in operation since 1857.
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Passages that mention Kingsville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Kingsville cemetery is located on Chair Knob, near the village and was laid out in 1856 by General William King. He was l)uried here July 26, 1870. There is also another cemetery in the vicinity of Kingsville which was formerly known as the People's Public cemetery. The Catholic church also has a cemetery here wdfich is located on the western slope of Chair Kno1). This property was purchased and first used for a cemetery in 1881.
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Up to 1868 Madison township retained all its original territory, which contained practically all of the present township of Kingsville and Rose Hill and a portion of Chilhowee. Early elections were held at the oldest settlement in the southwest part of the county in .1858.
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The village of Kingsville was laid out in 1856 by Gen. Wm. King, whose name the village now honors. Gen. King built the first house, in 1853; Samuel Bolejack followed. Rufus King had built a dwelling, at that time, on the prairie, some distance away, in 1851. The village is located in four sections and four different congressional townships — sec¬ tions 6,13,1 and 36; townships, 45, 46; ranges 28,29. The Missouri Pacific Railroad passes through the northern part, in a northwest direc¬ tion. It is situated on a high, rolling prairie, forming the summit of the
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We give the following brief sketches of the three churches of the town¬ ship: Baptist Church of Kingsville. — Prominent among the early churches of Kingsville, is the Baptist church. The church at Kingsville wras organ¬ ized, Saturday, March 10, 1860, with the following original members, holding letters from the United Baptist church; Geo. Minton, Gross Gesterson, F. G. George, Andrew Worth, Sarah Worth, Rufus Wise, John Wooton, Marinda Wooton, Lucretia Wooton, Rosanah M. Johnson, J.
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.
Nobody well known was born in Kingsville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Kingsville’s post office has been open since 1857. Another post office, Ramey, 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).
In 1856, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Kingsville’s post office opened in 1857, and the census of 1870 counted 298 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.
