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Pascola dates to 1894

Most of Pascola was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1920.

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How Pascola began

When was Pascola founded?

1894

Pascola dates its founding to 1894 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1920.

First census: 441 in 19202020 census: 87132 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1895.The full story ↓

What stands out about Pascola’s past

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

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The story

How Pascola came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pascola.

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Pascola was platted in 1894 when the railroad was extended to that point. It is unclear why the name "Pascola" was applied to this community. The Pascola post office closed in 1992.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Pascola, 1894 to 1949

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894
    FoundingPascola is established
  3. 1895Post officeThe Pascola post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1949Born hereDavid L. Ferguson is born here
By decade

Pascola, decade by decade

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On the map

Pascola on the map, 1940 to 1978

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

Pascola on the 1940 USGS mapPascola on the 1955 USGS mapPascola on the 1978 USGS map1940Pascola 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 Pascola.

People over time

Pascola, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 441

Between 87 and 441 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Pascola’s history

What year was Pascola founded?

In 1894, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Pascola’s post office opened in 1895, and the census of 1920 counted 441 people here.

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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), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.