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History · Timblin

Timblin dates to 1883, and 82% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1909 on and the census since 1930.

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How Timblin began

When was Timblin founded?

1883

Timblin dates its founding to 1883 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 431 in 19302020 census: 147143 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1889.The full story ↓

What stands out about Timblin’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 Timblin are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Timblin’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19096 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1993. Watch Timblin change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Timblin’s history is told.

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The story

How Timblin came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Timblin.

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The community which would later be named as "Timblin" had its genesis in the arrival, during the early 1800s, of several pioneer settlers in Perry Township: James McClelland (1803), Benjamin Ions (1804), David Hamilton (1806). Elijah Ekis, Michael Lantz and William Smith then arrived in 1815. In 1843, Smith relocated with his sons to land that would later become part of Timblin. The town's name, according to The Brookville American, would subsequently be chosen to honor Andy Timblin, the town's postmaster during the mid-1880s. Timblin's father, A. Timblin, had built a log cabin, in or before 1840, near the same area where the Smith family had settled, and had then begun farming the land there.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

On the map

Timblin on the map, 1909 to 1993

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

Timblin on the 1909 USGS mapTimblin on the 1938 USGS mapTimblin on the 1968 USGS mapTimblin on the 1973 USGS mapTimblin on the 1981 USGS mapTimblin on the 1993 USGS map1909Smicksburg 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 Timblin.

Timeline

Timblin, 1883 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883
    FoundingTimblin is established
  3. 1889Post officeThe Timblin post office opens
  4. 1889Post officeThe Timlin post office opens
  5. 1889Post officeThe Timlin post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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People over time

Timblin, census by census

010020030040050019401960198020002020Peak: 454

Between 147 and 454 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Timblin

Nobody well known was born in Timblin itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Britt BakerAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1991
Devin MesoracoAmerican professional baseball player · b. 1988
Billy HunterAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1928
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David BarclayAmerican politician · b. 1823
Nathan Leroy StrongAmerican politician · b. 1859
Summers Melville JackAmerican politician · b. 1852
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Timblin’s post office has been open since 1889. Another post office, Timlin, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Timblin
1889–today
Timlin
1889–1889
18801950today
1cemetery inside Timblin
Timblin United Methodist

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Ringgold TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPorter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Timblin’s history

What year was Timblin founded?

In 1883, according to Wikidata. Timblin’s post office opened in 1889, and the census of 1930 counted 431 people here.

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

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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 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.