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Humptulips’ post office opened in 1890, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 2000.

1890first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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How Humptulips began

When was Humptulips founded?

1890

The Humptulips post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 216 in 20002020 census: 236136 years
Founding year: the first Humptulips post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Humptulips’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Humptulips, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Humptulips yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Humptulips is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population of the CDP was 236 according to the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 255 to 236 (-7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Humptulips, decade by decade

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On the map

Humptulips on the map, 1943 to 1990

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Humptulips. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Humptulips on the 1943 USGS mapHumptulips on the 1955 USGS mapHumptulips on the 1990 USGS map1943Humptulips sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Humptulips.

People over time

Humptulips, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 255

Between 216 and 255 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Humptulips’ Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Humptulips’s post office has been open since 1890.

Gone or out of use
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Humptulips’ history

What year was Humptulips founded?

The Humptulips post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (3), 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.