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History · Schlater

Schlater’s post office opened in 1893, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1934 on and the census since 1970.

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0on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Schlater began

When was Schlater founded?

1893

The Schlater post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 398 in 19702020 census: 236133 years
Founding year: the first Schlater post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Schlater’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 Schlater are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Schlater’s homes were built before 1955.
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The story so far

Schlater, in brief

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

Schlater is a town in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Schlater had a population of 236. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.

Its first post office opened in 1893. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 310 to 236 (-24%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Schlater, 1893 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Schlater post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1916Born hereMeans Johnston, Jr. is born here
  5. 1934On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1950Born hereWoodrow Stanley is born here
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On the map

Schlater on the map, 1934 to 1983

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

Schlater on the 1934 USGS mapSchlater on the 1961 USGS mapSchlater on the 1974 USGS mapSchlater on the 1983 USGS map1934Schlater 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 Schlater.

People over time

Schlater, census by census

0100200300400198020002020Peak: 429

Between 236 and 429 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Schlater

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Woodrow StanleyAmerican politician · b. 1950
Means Johnston, Jr.American admiral · b. 1916

Questions about Schlater’s history

What year was Schlater founded?

The Schlater post office opened in 1893, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.