The Gluckstadt post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 2021. Another post office, Calhoun (1858), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
2020 census: 3,208121 years
How historic is Gluckstadt?
D−
Among the newest of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Gluckstadt post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 2021.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Gluckstadt’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Gluckstadt is among the newest of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
D−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Gluckstadt’s overall grade.
Mississippi towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Mississippi town has 71.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Gluckstadt’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (19% of Mississippi towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would still be D−. The pre-1940 share (±1.2 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 2021.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Gluckstadt’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Gluckstadt was established in June 1905 by several German Catholic families from Klaasville, Lake County, Indiana. The community's name translated into English means "Lucky Town". There is also a town in Germany that has the name Glückstadt. Each year, a German festival is held in Gluckstadt on the grounds of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
In 1964 civil rights workers ran a freedom school in the community. It was firebombed and burned, but the school continued to meet in the ashes of its former location. In the fall of 1964 some of the people who had attended the freedom school in Gluckstadt moved to the one in Canton.
The Gluckstadt post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 2021.
How does Gluckstadt rank for history?
Gluckstadt is among the newest of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Gluckstadt?
0.0% of Gluckstadt’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.2 points), against a typical 4.5% for a Mississippi town; the median home was built in 2005.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, 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.
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