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History · Shickley

Shickley’s post office opened in 1886, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1890.

1886first post office
0on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
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How Shickley began

When was Shickley founded?

1886

The Shickley post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 307 in 18902020 census: 347140 years
Founding year: the first Shickley post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Shickley’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 Shickley 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 Shickley change.Old housesHalf of Shickley’s homes were built before 1942.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Shickley’s history is told.

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On the map

Shickley on the map, 1898 to 1985

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

Shickley on the 1898 USGS mapShickley on the 1969 USGS mapShickley on the 1985 USGS map1898Hebron 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 Shickley.

The story

How Shickley came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Shickley.

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Shickley was established in the 1880s when the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was extended to that point.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Shickley, decade by decade

Today4 recent
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People over time

Shickley, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 429

Between 307 and 429 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Questions about Shickley’s history

What year was Shickley founded?

The Shickley post office opened in 1886, 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), Wikidata (1), 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.