Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1924 on and the census since 1880.
The Worthville post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1878.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Worthville’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Worthville.
Worthville was originally called "Geistown", and under the latter name, was laid out by Daniel Geist, and then named for him.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Worthville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Worthville.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereJimmy Slagle is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Between 65 and 176 people in every census since 1880.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Worthville’s Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Worthville post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1878.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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, 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.
