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History · Enville

Enville’s post office opened in 1896, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1960.

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Quick answers

How Enville began

When was Enville founded?

1896

The Enville post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Wild Goose (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 250 in 19602020 census: 188130 years
Founding year: the first Enville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Enville’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 Enville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Enville’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Enville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Enville, in brief

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

Enville is a town in Chester and McNairy counties, Tennessee, USA. As of the 2020 census, Enville had a population of 188.

Its first post office opened in 1896. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 189 in 2010, 188 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Enville, 1882 to 1936

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Wild Goose post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Wild Goose post office closes
  4. 1896Post officeThe Enville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Enville, decade by decade

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On the map

Enville on the map, 1936 to 1972

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

Enville on the 1936 USGS mapEnville on the 1950 USGS mapEnville on the 1972 USGS map1936Enville 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 Enville.

People over time

Enville, census by census

01002003001960198020002020Peak: 287

Between 188 and 287 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Enville

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

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Eddy ArnoldAmerican country music singer, songwriter · b. 1918
Albert Brewer47th Governor of Alabama · b. 1928
Elizabeth PattersonAmerican actress · b. 1874
Whitney DuncanAmerican country music singer and reality telev… · b. 1984
W. S. HollandAmerican drummer · b. 1935
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Loyd JowersAmerican restaurant owner · b. 1926
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Enville’s post office has been open since 1896. Another post office, Wild Goose, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Wild Goose
1882–1896
Enville
1896–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Pleasant Hill
Gone or out of use
Enville Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Enville
Woodlawn

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

Questions about Enville’s history

What year was Enville founded?

The Enville post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (4), 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.