Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 27% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Genola was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Its Register listing is the Tintic Standard Reduction Mill. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1920.
Genola first appears in the census in 1920.
More historic than 27% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Genola is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
Utah towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Utah town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Genola’s 5.4 sits near the middle of its state (57% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first census (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
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 Genola’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Genola yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Genola ( jə-NOH-lə) is a town in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 1,548 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1920. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,370 to 1,548 (+13%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
2016Southwest at US-6 & SR-141 junction, Genola, Utah, Ma…
2016Southwest at Tintic Branch Line from SR-141, Genola, …
2016South at US-6 & SR-141 junction, Genola, Utah, May 16
2016Northeast at US-6 & SR-141 junction, Genola, Utah, Ma…
2016Northeast at Tintic Branch Line from SR-141, Genola, …
2016North on 800 East across SR-141 in Genola, Utah, Jun …
2016North at West Mountain from Genola, Utah, May 16
2016North at US-6 & SR-141 junction, Genola, Utah, May 16
2016Keigley Quarry sign from SR-141, Genola, Utah, Jun 16
2016Genola city sign on US-6 in Utah, May 16
2016Genola City Limit sign on SR-141, Jun 16
2016Dead end on S State Rd, Genola, Utah, May 16Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Genola. 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 Genola.
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.
Grew from 194 people in 1920 to 1,548 in 2020, 7 times over.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Genola’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Genola itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Genola post office opened in 1920, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1935.
Genola is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
One place: the Tintic Standard Reduction Mill (listed 1978).
8% of Genola’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.4 points), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 1997.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (12), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
