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History · Ratliff City

Ratliff City’s post office opened in 1953

Most of Ratliff City was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1974 on and the census since 1970.

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0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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How Ratliff City began

When was Ratliff City founded?

1953

The Ratliff City post office opened in 1953, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 250 in 19702020 census: 6473 years
Founding year: the first Ratliff City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Ratliff City’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 Ratliff City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 350 in 1980; 64 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ratliff City’s history is told.

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People over time

Ratliff City, census by census

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Peaked at 350 in 1980; 64 people lived here in 2020.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

The story

How Ratliff City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Ratliff City.

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The post office was opened on January 1, 1953, when the town was incorporated.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Ratliff City, 1953 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1953Post officeThe Ratliff City post office opens
  3. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 350
By decade

Ratliff City, decade by decade

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On the map

Ratliff City on the map, 1974 to 1986

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

Ratliff City on the 1974 USGS mapRatliff City on the 1986 USGS map1974Ratliff City 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 Ratliff City.

Questions about Ratliff City’s history

What year was Ratliff City founded?

The Ratliff City post office opened in 1953, 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 (2), 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.