Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1896.
History grade
What drives Thatcher’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Thatcher is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Thatcher’s overall grade.
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 Thatcher’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (18% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±14.9 points). Two sources give 1890.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 →
What stands out about Thatcher’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Thatcher yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Thatcher is a census-designated place in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is a small farming community, located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Bothwell and 7 miles (11 km) west of Tremonton. The population was 807 at the 2020 census. The community was named for Moses Thatcher, an apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thatcher was first settled in 1890. Thatcher Mountain, 2 miles (3 km) to the west, is named after the community.
Thatcher was established in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 789 to 807 (+2%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Thatcher, 1890 to 1909
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Thatcher had its own post office from 1896 to 1909.
Thatcher
1896–1909
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Thatcher’s history
What year was Thatcher founded?
In 1890, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Thatcher’s post office opened in 1896.
How does Thatcher rank for history?
Thatcher is more historic than 39% 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.
How old are the homes in Thatcher?
21% of Thatcher’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±14.9 points), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 1991.
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 (2), 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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