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History · Sheakleyville

Sheakleyville’s post office opened in 1853, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1911 on and the census since 1860.

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How Sheakleyville began

When was Sheakleyville founded?

1853

The Sheakleyville post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 218 in 18602020 census: 151173 years
Founding year: the first Sheakleyville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sheakleyville’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 Sheakleyville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 273 in 1870; 151 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19114 editions of the USGS map, 1911 to 1970. Watch Sheakleyville change.Old housesHalf of Sheakleyville’s homes were built before 1957.
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Start Sheakleyville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sheakleyville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Sheakleyville, census by census

0100200300190019502000Peak: 273

Peaked at 273 in 1870; 151 people lived here in 2020.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

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

On the map

Sheakleyville on the map, 1911 to 1970

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

Sheakleyville on the 1911 USGS mapSheakleyville on the 1943 USGS mapSheakleyville on the 1960 USGS mapSheakleyville on the 1970 USGS map1911Stoneboro 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 Sheakleyville.

The story so far

Sheakleyville, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1853. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 142 to 151 (+6%).

Timeline

Sheakleyville, 1843 to 1911

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1843Born hereJohn Washington Steele is born here
  3. 1853Post officeThe Sheakleyville post office opens
  4. 1870CensusPopulation peaks at 273
  5. 20th century
  6. 1911On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Sheakleyville, decade by decade

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Questions about Sheakleyville’s history

What year was Sheakleyville founded?

The Sheakleyville post office opened in 1853, 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 (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.