Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 1920.
The Page post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.
Page was named for the Page family of pioneer settlers.
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 Page’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Page.
Page got its start in the 1880s, following construction of the railroad through the territory. It was named for the Page family of pioneer settlers.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peaked at 359 in 1930; 166 people lived here in 2020.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Page’s Wikipedia page.
Passages that mention Page, cut from the printed page as they were published.
with stock-raising. He had in the meantime established a sawmill in Clarke County, which he now sold, together with other propert)', and changed his residence to Page County. In this latter he purchased 160 acres of land, upon which he effected considerable improvement, and rented 400 acres besides, operating thus an area of 560 acres. This employed his time and attention until the spring of
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.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Page. 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 Page.
Nobody well known was born in Page itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Page post office opened in 1890, 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 (3), 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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