The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Walstonburg.
The Titus W. Carr House and Speight-Bynum House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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History · Walstonburg
Walstonburg’s post office opened in 1908, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1910.
1908first post office
0on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Walstonburg began
When was Walstonburg founded?
1908
The Walstonburg post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 127 in 19102020 census: 193118 years
Founding year: the first Walstonburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Walstonburg’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Walstonburg’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Walstonburg’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Walstonburg on the map, 1904 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Walstonburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Falkland sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Walstonburg.
People over time
Walstonburg, census by census
Between 127 and 224 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Walstonburg’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Walstonburg itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Questions about Walstonburg’s history
What year was Walstonburg founded?
The Walstonburg post office opened in 1908, 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 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.