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History · Stanton

Stanton’s post office opened in 1857

Most of Stanton was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1946 on.

1857first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Stanton began

When was Stanton founded?

1857

The Stanton post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 366169 years
Founding year: the first Stanton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stanton’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 Stanton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stanton’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Stanton, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Stanton yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its first post office opened in 1857.

By decade

Stanton, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Stanton Post Office, 630792010Stanton Post Office, 63079MOMap-doton-Stanton2006MOMap-doton-Stanton
On the map

Stanton on the map, 1946 to 1980

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

Stanton on the 1946 USGS mapStanton on the 1965 USGS mapStanton on the 1980 USGS map1946Union 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 Stanton.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Stanton’s post office has been open since 1857.

Gone or out of use
Stanton Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Stanton
Stanton

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

CharmwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Stanton’s history

What year was Stanton founded?

The Stanton post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.