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History · Schurz

Schurz’s post office opened in 1891

Most of Schurz was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1964 on, and the census since 2000.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Schurz began

When was Schurz founded?

1891

The Schurz post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 721 in 20002020 census: 656135 years
Founding year: the first Schurz post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Schurz’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Schurz’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Schurz came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Schurz.

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Schurz was founded in 1891. The town was named after Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz. A post office has been in operation at Schurz since 1891.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Schurz, 1891 to 1987

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Schurz post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1951Born herenila northSun is born here
  5. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1987In the archiveSouthern Pacific train west of
By decade

Schurz, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
Southern Pacific train west of1987Southern Pacific train west of
1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near the small town of Schurz (named after onetime Union general and lat…2022A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near t…A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near the small town of Schurz (named after onetime Union general and lat…2022A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near t…A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near the small town of Schurz (named after onetime Union general and lat…2022A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near t…A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near the small town of Schurz (named after onetime Union general and lat…2022A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near t…A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near the small town of Schurz (named after onetime Union general and lat…2022A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near t…A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near the small town of Schurz (named after onetime Union general and lat…2022A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near t…A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near the small town of Schurz (named after onetime Union general and lat…2022A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near t…A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near the small town of Schurz (named after onetime Union general and lat…2022A portion of Sportsman's Beach on Walker Lake, near t…2015-04-29 15 44 13 View north from the south end of Alternate U.S. Route 95 in20152015-04-29 15 44 13 View north from the south end of …2015-04-29 15 42 04 Walker River Reservation historical marker in20152015-04-29 15 42 04 Walker River Reservation historic…2015-04-29 15 41 54 Side road in20152015-04-29 15 41 54 Side road in
On the map

Schurz on the map, 1964 to 1988

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

Schurz on the 1964 USGS mapSchurz on the 1988 USGS map1964Schurz sheet · 1:62,500

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

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Southern Pacific train west of
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People over time

Schurz, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 721

Between 656 and 721 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Schurz’s post office has been open since 1891.

Gone or out of use
Birchlocale
1cemetery inside Schurz
Schurz Paiute Indian

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

Questions about Schurz’s history

What year was Schurz founded?

The Schurz post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Sources

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), the Library of Congress (8), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.