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History · Lone Chimney

Half of Lone Chimney’s homes were built after 1975

Most of Lone Chimney was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1929 on.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lone Chimney’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 Lone Chimney are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Lone Chimney on the map, 1929 to 1975

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

Lone Chimney on the 1929 USGS mapLone Chimney on the 1932 USGS mapLone Chimney on the 1975 USGS map1929Ripley 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 Lone Chimney.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.