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History · East Duke

East Duke was first counted by the census in 1920, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1920.

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How East Duke began

When was East Duke founded?

1920

East Duke first appears in the census in 1920.

First census: 502 in 19202020 census: 394106 years
Founding year: the first census.The full story ↓

What stands out about East Duke’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 East Duke are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Duke’s history is told.

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The story

How East Duke came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of East Duke.

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The town of Duke was founded in 1890. Speculation about the location of a projected railroad sparked a separation in the community, creating an old town called West Duke, and a new town called East Duke. While the community reconciled in 1915 when the parties eventually buried a hatchet delivered in a horse-drawn hearse, West Duke did not ultimately survive, and East Duke is now known simply as Duke.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

East Duke, decade by decade

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On the map

East Duke on the map, 1971 to 1985

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

East Duke on the 1971 USGS mapEast Duke on the 1985 USGS map1971Duke sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

East Duke, census by census

0100200300400500600192019401960198020002020Peak: 543

Between 394 and 543 people in every census since 1920.

5 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

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

Questions about East Duke’s history

What year was East Duke founded?

The East Duke post office opened in 1920, 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 (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.