Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1910.
The Clatonia post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Baden (1869), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
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 Clatonia’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Clatonia.
Clatonia was platted in as a town 1892 when the railroad was extended to that point, although a German settlement had existed at the site since about 1869. Clatonia took its name from Clatonia Creek. The name appears ultimately to be derived from Henry Clay. Clatonia was incorporated as a village in 1893.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Clatonia, cut from the printed page as they were published.
tury ago, did well his part in developing the resources of this section of the state and in supporting civic progress. He reclaimed and improved one of the fine farms of Clatonia township and was one of the substantial and influential citizens of Clatonia township, he having removed from his farm to the village of Clatonia about three months prior to his
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CLATONIA Tucked away in the northwest corner of the county is the substantial village of Clatonia, located on a creek of that name, in Clatonia township. The original townsite comprises a forty-acre tract, in sections 22 and 27. Henry Albert and J. PI. Steinmeyer, both highly esteemed pioneer residents of the county, were
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clatonia. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Clatonia.
Between 192 and 296 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clatonia’s Wikipedia page.
Clatonia’s post office has been open since 1874. Another post office, Baden, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Clatonia post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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