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History · Stotts City

Stotts City dates to 1896, and 42% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1917 on and the census since 1900.

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How Stotts City began

When was Stotts City founded?

1896

Stotts City dates its founding to 1896 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1900.

First census: 902 in 19002020 census: 167130 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1899.The full story ↓

What stands out about Stotts City’s past

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

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How Stotts City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Stotts City.

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The town was settled in the early 1870s and was originally known as 'Pax', then later as 'Belle Plaine'. It was incorporated in 1896 and renamed in memory of its founder, Capt. Greene Casey Stotts, who died in 1876. Stotts held a command in the US Army during the Civil War, distinguished himself while in charge of the 76th Enrolled Missouri Militia, Co. D, the 7th E Missouri Militia, Co. C, and the 15th Missouri Cavalry, Company C. He later represented Lawrence County in the Missouri state legislature.

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Timeline

Stotts City, 1896 to 1921

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896
    FoundingStotts City is established
  3. 1899Post officeThe Stotts City post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1921On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Stotts City on the map, 1921 to 1971

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

Stotts City on the 1921 USGS mapStotts City on the 1971 USGS map1921Stotts City 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 Stotts City.

Every building

Stotts City, building by building, 1917

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Stotts City fire insurance map, 1917, sheet 11917Sheet 1 of 1
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People over time

Stotts City, census by census

02004006008001,0001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 902

Between 167 and 902 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Stotts City

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

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George Washington CarverAfrican American botanist and inventor · b. 1864
Don S. DavisAmerican character actor · b. 1942
Janet L. KavandiAmerican astronaut · b. 1959
Julia Butterfly HillAmerican environmental activist · b. 1974
Dabbs GreerAmerican actor (1917−2007) · b. 1917
Martha GriffithsAmerican politician · b. 1912

Questions about Stotts City’s history

What year was Stotts City founded?

In 1896, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Stotts City’s post office opened in 1899, and the census of 1900 counted 902 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.