Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listings are the Soo Line Depot and the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church. Below: 3 old photos and papers from 1890 on.
Wilton dates its founding to 1899 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1900.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wilton’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Wilton.
Wilton was founded in 1899 when the railroad was extended to that point. The city was named after Wilton, Maine, the native home of an early settler. The Wilton Train Station was completed in 1900 and the post office has been in operation at Wilton also since 1900.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveHotel and general store in Wilton, N.D., 1890s
In the archiveRotary at work on the Wilton-Pingree line, N.D., 19112 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Wilton’s page.
Retake this view · +15The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1899, according to Wikidata. Wilton’s post office opened in 1900.
Two places: the Soo Line Depot (listed 1978) and the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church (1982).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
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