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More historic than 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Marlborough was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 26 buildings. Below: maps from 1933 on and the census since 1950.
Marlborough first appears in the census in 1950.
More historic than 32% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Marlborough is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
Missouri towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Missouri town has 2.4 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Marlborough’s 121 sits above most of its state (92% of Missouri towns have fewer) while its 26 historic buildings outnumber those of 81% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first census (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
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 Marlborough’s history is told.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Marlborough yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Marlborough is a village in Gravois and Jefferson townships, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,221 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1950. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,179 in 2010, 2,221 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Marlborough. 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 Marlborough.
Between 219 and 2,235 people in every census since 1950.
8 censuses, 1950–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Marlborough’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Marlborough itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Marlborough post office opened in 1950, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Marlborough is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
One place: the Coral Court Motel (listed 1989).
4% of Marlborough’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.7 points), against a typical 8.4% for a Missouri town; the median home was built in 1967.
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).
From Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
