The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Agar.
Agar was laid out in 1910, and named in honor of Charles H. Agar, a county official. It was also called Milford.
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History · Agar
Agar’s post office opened in 1910, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 1930.
1910first post office
0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Agar began
When was Agar founded?
1910
The Agar post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 200 in 19302020 census: 68116 years
Founding year: the first Agar post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Agar’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Agar’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Agar’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Agar, decade by decade
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Agar on the map, 1965 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Agar. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1965Agar sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Agar.
People over time
Agar, census by census
Between 68 and 200 people in every census since 1930.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Agar’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Agar itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Questions about Agar’s history
What year was Agar founded?
The Agar post office opened in 1910, 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 (1), 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.