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History · Ansonville

Ansonville dates to 1844, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: the census since 1930.

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21%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Ansonville began

When was Ansonville founded?

1844

Ansonville dates its founding to 1844 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 532 in 19302020 census: 440182 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1856.The full story ↓

What stands out about Ansonville’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 Ansonville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 794 in 1980; 440 people lived here in 2020.Deep rootsEstablished in 1844: 182 years of Ansonville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ansonville’s history is told.

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People over time

Ansonville, census by census

020040060080019401960198020002020Peak: 794

Peaked at 794 in 1980; 440 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Timeline

Ansonville, 1844 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1844
    FoundingAnsonville is established
  3. 1856Post officeThe Ansowille post office opens
  4. 1896Born hereHap Perry is born here
  5. 20th century
  6. 1927Born hereJim Staton is born here
  7. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 794
The story

How Ansonville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Ansonville.

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The town was settled in 1844. In 1850, the North Carolina Legislature created the Carolina Female College in Ansonville. The facility was run by and for the daughters of local planters, and served only white women. Sources differ on when the facility closed, but all agree the Civil War was the reason for its closure, in either 1862 or 1867.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Ansonville

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Hap PerryAmerican football, basketball, baseball coach · b. 1896
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Jim StatonAmerican football player · b. 1927

Questions about Ansonville’s history

What year was Ansonville founded?

In 1844, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Ansonville’s post office opened in 1856, and the census of 1930 counted 532 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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.