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History · Monetta

Monetta’s post office opened in 1889, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on and the census since 1910.

1889first post office
0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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How Monetta began

When was Monetta founded?

1889

The Monetta post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 122 in 19102020 census: 205137 years
Founding year: the first Monetta post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Monetta’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 Monetta are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost half of its people between 1930 and 1950, then more than doubled.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Monetta’s history is told.

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People over time

Monetta, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020203 in 1930Low: 84

Lost half of its people between 1930 and 1950, then more than doubled.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Monetta, in brief

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

Monetta is a town in Aiken and Saluda counties, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Monetta had a population of 205. The Aiken County portion of Monetta is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The Saluda County portion of Monetta is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Area.

Its first post office opened in 1889. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 236 to 205 (-13%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Monetta, 1889 to 1990

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Monetta post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1990CensusPopulation peaks at 285
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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

Monetta on the map, 1964 to 1982

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

Monetta on the 1964 USGS mapMonetta on the 1982 USGS map1964Monetta sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Monetta.

Questions about Monetta’s history

What year was Monetta founded?

The Monetta post office opened in 1889, 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 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.