The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Capron.
Belmont, Rose Hill, and the William H. Vincent House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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History · Capron
Capron’s post office opened in 1890, and 48% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the William H. Vincent House. Its Register listing is the William H. Vincent House. Below: maps from 1920 on and the census since 1930.
1890first post office
1on the National Register
48%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers
How Capron began
When was Capron founded?
1890
The Capron post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 337 in 19302020 census: 141136 years
Founding year: the first Capron post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Capron’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Capron’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Capron’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Capron, 1890 to 1920
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1890Post officeThe Capron post office opens
- 20th century
- 1913
Born hereWilliam V. Rawlings is born here - 1920
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Capron, decade by decade
Today2 recent
2017
2005On the map
Capron on the map, 1920 to 1966
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Capron. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1920Boykins sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Capron.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Capron
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
first listed
2004
William H. Vincent House
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Queen Anne1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Capron, census by census
Between 141 and 337 people in every census since 1930.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Capron’s Wikipedia page.
Questions about Capron’s history
What year was Capron founded?
The Capron post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Capron?
One place: the William H. Vincent House (listed 2004).
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Sources
Where this page comes from
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), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.