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History · Kossuth

Kossuth’s post office opened in 1853, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1890.

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How Kossuth began

When was Kossuth founded?

1853

The Kossuth post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 165 in 18902020 census: 160173 years
Founding year: the first Kossuth post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Kossuth’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 Kossuth are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 247 in 1920; 160 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kossuth’s history is told.

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People over time

Kossuth, census by census

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Peaked at 247 in 1920; 160 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

The story

How Kossuth came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Kossuth.

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Kossuth, located about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Corinth, was founded in the 1840s as "New Hope". In 1852, the town changed its name to Kossuth in honor of Lajos Kossuth, a Hungarian revolutionary hero who led the democratic, anti-Habsburg Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Kossuth, 1853 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1853Post officeThe Kossuth post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 247
  5. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1964Post officeThe Kossuth post office closes
By decade

Kossuth, decade by decade

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On the map

Kossuth on the map, 1950 to 1982

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

Kossuth on the 1950 USGS mapKossuth on the 1982 USGS map1950Corinth 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 Kossuth.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Kossuth had its own post office from 1853 to 1964.

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

Questions about Kossuth’s history

What year was Kossuth founded?

The Kossuth post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (5), 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.