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History · Bantry

Bantry’s post office opened in 1905, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

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

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0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Bantry began

When was Bantry founded?

1905

The Bantry post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 125 in 19502020 census: 6121 years
Founding year: the first Bantry post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Bantry’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 Bantry are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bantry’s history is told.

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The story

How Bantry came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bantry.

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Bantry was founded in 1905. Bantry was founded by Irish settlers. The City of Bantry dissolved in November 2019 and the area reverted to Bantry township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Bantry, decade by decade

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On the map

Bantry on the map, 1950 to 1981

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

Bantry on the 1950 USGS mapBantry on the 1981 USGS map1950Bantry 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 Bantry.

People over time

Bantry, census by census

01001960198020002020Peak: 125

Between 6 and 125 people in every census since 1950.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

Questions about Bantry’s history

What year was Bantry founded?

The Bantry post office opened in 1905, 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 (12), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.