Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Among the newest of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Terrytown was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1950.
Terrytown dates its founding to 1949 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1950.
Among the newest of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Terrytown is among the newest of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
Nebraska towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Nebraska town has 16.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Terrytown’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (11% of Nebraska towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
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 Terrytown’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Terrytown. 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 Terrytown.
From Wikipedia’s history of Terrytown.
Terrytown was founded in 1949 by Terry Carpenter, a successful Scottsbluff businessman and Nebraska state senator in the 1950s and 1960s.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Between 164 and 1,198 people in every census since 1950.
8 censuses, 1950–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Terrytown’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Terrytown itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1949, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1950 counted 228 people here.
Terrytown is among the newest of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
0.8% of Terrytown’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 18% for a Nebraska town; the median home was built in 1970.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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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