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History · Taneyville

Taneyville’s post office opened in 1894, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1910.

1894first post office
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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How Taneyville began

When was Taneyville founded?

1894

The Taneyville post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 124 in 19102020 census: 274132 years
Founding year: the first Taneyville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Taneyville’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 Taneyville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 396 in 2010; 274 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Taneyville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Taneyville, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 396

Peaked at 396 in 2010; 274 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Taneyville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Taneyville.

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A post office called Taneyville has been in operation since 1894. The community name was derived from that of Taney County.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Taneyville, 1894 to 2010

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Taneyville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 21st century
  6. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 396
By decade

Taneyville, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Taneyville, MO, USA2014Taneyville, MO, USAMOMap-doton-Taneyville2004MOMap-doton-Taneyville
On the map

Taneyville on the map, 1956 to 1989

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

Taneyville on the 1956 USGS mapTaneyville on the 1989 USGS map1956Forsyth 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 Taneyville.

Questions about Taneyville’s history

What year was Taneyville founded?

The Taneyville post office opened in 1894, 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), 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.