Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Round Mountain was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Its Register listing is the Round Mountain Stage-Coach Inn and Stable. Below: maps from 1887 on and the census since 1990.
The Round Mountain post office opened in 1857, 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 Round Mountain’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Round Mountain. 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 Round Mountain.
Peaked at 181 in 2010; 101 people lived here in 2020.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Round Mountain’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Round Mountain yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Its first post office opened in 1857. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 181 to 101 (-44%).
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyThe country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
The Round Mountain post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Round Mountain Stage-Coach Inn and Stable (listed 1978).
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 Wikimedia Commons (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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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