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History · Felicity

Felicity dates to 1817, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1931 on and the census since 1860.

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How Felicity began

When was Felicity founded?

1817

Felicity dates its founding to 1817 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1860.

First census: 956 in 18602020 census: 651209 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1811.The full story ↓

What stands out about Felicity’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 Felicity are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsEstablished in 1817: 209 years of Felicity.Old housesHalf of Felicity’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Felicity’s history is told.

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Timeline

Felicity, 1811 to 1931

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1811Post officeThe Feestown post office opens
  3. 1817
    FoundingFelicity is established
  4. 1829Post officeThe Feestown post office closes
  5. 1829Post officeThe Felicity post office opens
  6. 1878Born hereGuy T. Helvering is born here
  7. 20th century
  8. 1931On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Felicity came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Felicity.

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Felicity was laid out in 1817. It was originally called Feestown in honor of founder William Fee, and changed to Felicity per request of Fee's daughter. It is said that Felicity was a corruption of "Feel City", an earlier variant name. A post office called Feestown was established in 1811, and the name was changed to Felicity in 1829.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Felicity, decade by decade

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On the map

Felicity on the map, 1931 to 1974

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

Felicity on the 1931 USGS mapFelicity on the 1953 USGS mapFelicity on the 1968 USGS mapFelicity on the 1974 USGS map1931Felicity 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 Felicity.

People over time

Felicity, census by census

02004006008001,000190019502000Peak: 1,047

Between 578 and 1,047 people in every census since 1860.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Felicity’s post office has been open since 1829. Another post office, Feestown, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Feestown
1811–1829
Felicity
1829–today
18101920today

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

Questions about Felicity’s history

What year was Felicity founded?

In 1817, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Felicity’s post office opened in 1811, and the census of 1860 counted 956 people here.

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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 (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.