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History · Mount Jewett

Mount Jewett’s post office opened in 1882, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1900.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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How Mount Jewett began

When was Mount Jewett founded?

1882

The Mount Jewett post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1893.

First census: 1,553 in 19002020 census: 858144 years
Founding year: the first Mount Jewett post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1893.The full story ↓

What stands out about Mount Jewett’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 Mount Jewett are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Mount Jewett’s homes were built before 1946.Mapped building by building3 fire insurance maps, 1898 to 1909, drew every building in Mount Jewett.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Jewett’s history is told.

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The story

How Mount Jewett came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Mount Jewett.

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Mount Jewett is named for Hugh Judge Jewett, president of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad when it brought rail service to the area. Previously it had been known as Howard Hill, after Howard, New York.

In February 2001 an explosion at the Temple Inland particle board plant in Mount Jewett killed three workers and injured at least five others.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Every building

Mount Jewett, building by building, 1898–1909

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Mount Jewett fire insurance map, 1898, sheet 11898Sheet 1 of 2
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Mount Jewett, decade by decade

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On the map

Mount Jewett on the map, 1935 to 1981

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

Mount Jewett on the 1935 USGS mapMount Jewett on the 1940 USGS mapMount Jewett on the 1969 USGS mapMount Jewett on the 1981 USGS map1935Mt Jewett 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 Mount Jewett.

People over time

Mount Jewett, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,8001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,771

Between 858 and 1,771 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Questions about Mount Jewett’s history

What year was Mount Jewett founded?

The Mount Jewett post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1893.

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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 (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.