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Revere’s post office opened in 1888, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1900.

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How Revere began

When was Revere founded?

1888

The Revere post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 161 in 19002020 census: 76138 years
Founding year: the first Revere post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Revere’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 Revere are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 196 in 1910; 76 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Revere’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Revere’s history is told.

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People over time

Revere, census by census

01002001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 196

Peaked at 196 in 1910; 76 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story

How Revere came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Revere.

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Founded on October 22, 1887, by the Santa Fe Railroad, Revere was "probably named in honor of Paul Revere." During the period prior to 1900, Revere flourished as an intermediate stop for the railroad. In 1898, Revere was incorporated as a city in the 4th class of Missouri.

In 1898, J. H. Talbott of Luray started the Revere Weekly Current, a weekly newspaper that consisted of five pages of world and local news including advertisements, train schedules and local markets. Circulation closed on July 18, 1901, when Talbott left for law school.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Revere, 1888 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Revere post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910CensusPopulation peaks at 196
  5. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Revere, decade by decade

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On the map

Revere on the map, 1950 to 1975

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

Revere on the 1950 USGS mapRevere on the 1975 USGS map1950Kahoka sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Revere.

Famous people

Famous people close to Revere

Nobody well known was born in Revere itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Conrad NagelAmerican actor · b. 1897
Dennis O'KeefeAmerican actor · b. 1908
Elsa MaxwellAmerican gossip columnist, author, songwriter, … · b. 1883
Ina CoolbrithAmerican poet, writer, and librarian · b. 1841
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Robert PearceOlympic wrestler · b. 1908
Nedra VolzAmerican actress · b. 1908

Questions about Revere’s history

What year was Revere founded?

The Revere post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (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.