Pick City dates to 1946
Most of Pick City was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992.
How Pick City began, and where its name came from
When was Pick City founded?
Pick City dates its founding to 1946 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree).
How did Pick City get its name?
Pick City was founded in 1946 and named after Lewis A. Pick, director of the Missouri River office of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Questions about Pick City’s history
What year was Pick City founded?
In 1946, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.