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History · Clearville

Clearville’s post office opened in 1851, and 61% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1931 on.

1851first post office
0on the National Register
61%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Clearville began

When was Clearville founded?

1851

The Clearville post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name.

175 years
Founding year: the first Clearville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Clearville’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 Clearville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Clearville’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clearville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Clearville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clearville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its first post office opened in 1851.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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On the map

Clearville on the map, 1931 to 1973

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

Clearville on the 1931 USGS mapClearville on the 1944 USGS mapClearville on the 1967 USGS mapClearville on the 1973 USGS map1931Clearville 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 Clearville.

Questions about Clearville’s history

What year was Clearville founded?

The Clearville post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.