Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of St. Cloud was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 1970.
St. Cloud first appears in the census in 1970.
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 St. Cloud’s history is told.
Peaked at 59 in 1990; 43 people lived here in 2020.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on St. Cloud’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of St. Cloud yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
St. Cloud is a village in northeast Crawford County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, St. Cloud had a population of 43.
Its first post office opened in 1970. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 41 to 43 (+5%).
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 St. Cloud. 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 St. Cloud.
Nobody well known was born in St. Cloud itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The St. Cloud post office opened in 1970, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 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.
