Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Henderson, William Jasper, Jr., and Elizabeth, House. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1966 on, and the census since 1880.
Cannonville dates its founding to 1874 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1880.
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 Cannonville’s history is told.
Peaked at 311 in 1920; 186 people lived here in 2020.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cannonville’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Cannonville.
Cannonville was laid out in 1874. A post office called Cannonville was established in 1879, and remained in operation until 1966. The community bears the name of George Q. Cannon, a Mormon official.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
BuiltHenderson, William Jasper, Jr., and Elizabeth, House is built
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveScenic Byway 12 - Junction of Scenic Byway 12 and Cottonwood Road inOne decade in the archive so far: the 1990s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cannonville.
1966Cannonville 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 Cannonville.
The 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.
Cannonville had its own post office from 1879 to 1966.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1874, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Cannonville’s post office opened in 1879, and the census of 1880 counted 137 people here.
One place: the Henderson, William Jasper, Jr., and Elizabeth, House (listed 2006).
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 (6), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (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.
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