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History · Saronville

Saronville’s post office opened in 1882, and 75% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1920.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
75%homes built before 1940
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How Saronville began

When was Saronville founded?

1882

The Saronville post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 141 in 19202020 census: 35144 years
Founding year: the first Saronville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Saronville’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 Saronville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1985. Watch Saronville change.Old housesHalf of Saronville’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Saronville’s history is told.

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On the map

Saronville on the map, 1898 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Saronville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Saronville on the 1898 USGS mapSaronville on the 1969 USGS mapSaronville on the 1985 USGS map1898York sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Saronville.

The story

How Saronville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Saronville.

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Saronville was founded in 1882 when the railroad was extended to that point. A majority of the early settlers being natives of Sweden caused the name Saron to be selected, after a Swedish village.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Saronville, 1882 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Saronville post office opens
  3. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1964Post officeThe Saronville post office closes
By decade

Saronville, decade by decade

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People over time

Saronville, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 148

Between 35 and 148 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Saronville had its own post office from 1882 to 1964.

Saronville
1882–1964
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Saronville’s history

What year was Saronville founded?

The Saronville post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (4), Wikipedia, 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.