Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Stantonville was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1970.
The Stantonville post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 Stantonville’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Stantonville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Stantonville is a town in McNairy County, Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, Stantonville had a population of 335.
Its first post office opened in 1848. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 283 to 335 (+18%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Stantonville. 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 Stantonville.
Between 264 and 335 people in every census since 1970.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Stantonville’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Stantonville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stantonville’s post office has been open since 1848.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Stantonville post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 the Library of Congress (3), 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.
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