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History · Maury City

Maury City dates to 1876

Most of Maury City was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: maps from 1964 on and the census since 1920.

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How Maury City began

When was Maury City founded?

1876

Maury City dates its founding to 1876 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1920.

First census: 452 in 19202020 census: 583150 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1877.The full story ↓

What stands out about Maury City’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 Maury City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 989 in 1980; 583 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maury City’s history is told.

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People over time

Maury City, census by census

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Peaked at 989 in 1980; 583 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

The story

How Maury City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Maury City.

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Maury City is named for congressman and Tennessee state legislator Abram Poindexter Maury. The town was first settled in 1876 in accordance with some railroad speculation. However, though rails were laid and at least one train ran, the railroad never materialized. The town was formally established in 1906 and received its charter in 1915. The city incorporated in 1911.

Charles P. Roland, historian of the Civil War and the American South, was born in Maury City in 1918. His father, Clifford Paul Roland, was a schoolteacher in Maury City.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Maury City, 1876 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876
    FoundingMaury City is established
  3. 1877Post officeThe Maury City post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 989
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Maury City, decade by decade

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On the map

Maury City on the map, 1964 to 1981

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

Maury City on the 1964 USGS mapMaury City on the 1981 USGS map1964Maury City 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 Maury City.

Questions about Maury City’s history

What year was Maury City founded?

In 1876, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Maury City’s post office opened in 1877, and the census of 1920 counted 452 people here.

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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 (4), 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.