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History · Rennert

Rennert’s post office opened in 1892

Most of Rennert was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 1900.

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How Rennert began

When was Rennert founded?

1892

The Rennert post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 133 in 19002020 census: 275134 years
Founding year: the first Rennert post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Rennert’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 Rennert are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 383 in 2010; 275 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rennert’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Rennert, census by census

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Peaked at 383 in 2010; 275 people lived here in 2020.

9 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story

How Rennert came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Rennert.

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The community was originally named Alpin's Grove after James McAlpin, a Scottish man who settled in the area after serving in the British army during the American Revolutionary War. He became a schoolteacher.

After the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was laid through the community, it was renamed Rennert, the name of a hotel in New York City. It was incorporated in 1895 but had its incorporation repealed in 1947. Its incorporation was restored in 1977.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Rennert, 1892 to 2010

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Rennert post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1955Post officeThe Rennert post office closes
  5. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 21st century
  7. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 383
By decade

Rennert, decade by decade

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On the map

Rennert on the map, 1972 to 1983

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

Rennert on the 1972 USGS mapRennert on the 1983 USGS map1972Rennert 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 Rennert.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Rennert had its own post office from 1892 to 1955.

Rennert
1892–1955
18901960today
1cemetery inside Rennert
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Rennert’s history

What year was Rennert founded?

The Rennert post office opened in 1892, 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 (3), 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.