Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1920.
Sigurd dates its founding to 1874 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1920.
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 Sigurd’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sigurd yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Sigurd is a town in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The population was 405 at the 2020 census.
Sigurd was established in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 429 to 405 (-6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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 SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sigurd. 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 Sigurd.
Between 291 and 431 people in every census since 1920.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Sigurd’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Sigurd itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Sigurd’s post office has been open since 1887. Another post office, Vermilion, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1874, according to Wikidata. Sigurd’s post office opened in 1887, and the census of 1920 counted 296 people here.
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 (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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