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History · Flasher

Flasher dates to 1902, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Hotel Brown. Below: maps from 1980 on and the census since 1920.

1902founded
1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Flasher began

When was Flasher founded?

1902

Flasher dates its founding to 1902 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1920.

First census: 287 in 19202020 census: 217124 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1903.The full story ↓

What stands out about Flasher’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 Flasher are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 515 in 1960; 217 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Flasher’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flasher’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Flasher, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 515

Peaked at 515 in 1960; 217 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

The story

How Flasher came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Flasher.

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Flasher was platted in 1902. The city was named in honor of Mabel Flasher, the relative of a town promoter. A post office has been in operation at Flasher since 1903.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Flasher, 1902 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902
    FoundingFlasher is established
  3. 1903Post officeThe Flasher post office opens
  4. 1906Born hereHilaire du Berrier is born here
  5. 1910BuiltHotel Brown is built
  6. 1960CensusPopulation peaks at 515
  7. 1980On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Flasher, decade by decade

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On the map

Flasher on the map in 1980

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Flasher.

Flasher on the 1980 USGS map1980Flasher 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 Flasher.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Flasher

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2014
Hotel Brown
Hotel Brown, built 1910
Buildings
Hotel BrownBuilt 1910

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Flasher

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Hilaire du BerrierAmerican-French aviator · b. 1906
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Kirsten BaeslerPolitician
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

Flasher’s post office has been open since 1903.

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Flasher
Fair HillHillsideSaint Lawrence Catholic

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Flasher’s history

What year was Flasher founded?

In 1902, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Flasher’s post office opened in 1903, and the census of 1920 counted 287 people here.

What is on the National Register in Flasher?

One place: the Hotel Brown (listed 2014).

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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 (30), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.