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History · Krupp

Krupp’s post office opened in 1901, and 53% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1920 on and the census since 1920.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
53%homes built before 1940
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How Krupp began

When was Krupp founded?

1901

The Krupp post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 106 in 19202020 census: 49125 years
Founding year: the first Krupp post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Krupp’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Krupp are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Krupp’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Krupp’s history is told.

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The story

How Krupp came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Krupp.

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First settled in 1871 by Henry Marlin, the townsite was originally a cattle ranch that was later surrounded by wheat farms. The Great Northern Railway was built through the area in 1892 and placed a station, which was named Krupp—allegedly for a local German family. Its plat was filed in 1902 by George Urquhart, a Scottish immigrant who bought land rights and cattle from Marlin. The area was then settled by families who emigrated from Iowa and incorporated as the town of Krupp on January 7, 1911, despite not meeting the population threshold of 300 residents needed for incorporation.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Krupp, 1901 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Krupp post office opens
  3. 1918Post officeThe Krupp post office closes
  4. 1919Post officeThe Marlin post office opens
  5. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Krupp, decade by decade

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Krupp, WA - Old Hardware Store2004Krupp, WA - Old Hardware StoreKrupp, WA - Farmers Bank2004Krupp, WA - Farmers Bank
On the map

Krupp on the map, 1968 to 1982

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

Krupp on the 1968 USGS mapKrupp on the 1982 USGS map1968Marlin sheet · 1:24,000

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

Every building

Krupp, building by building, 1920

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Krupp fire insurance map, 1920, sheet 11920Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

People over time

Krupp, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 106

Between 48 and 106 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Krupp

Nobody well known was born in Krupp itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Clarence GilyardAmerican actor · b. 1955
Pierson FodéAmerican actor and model · b. 1991
Dennis OppenheimAmerican artist, sculptor and photographer · b. 1967
David Ray GriffinAmerican philosopher · b. 1939
ValkyraeAmerican video game streamer · b. 1992
Joseph J. TysonAmerican Catholic prelate · b. 1957
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Krupp had its own post office from 1901 to 1918.

Krupp
1901–1918
Marlin
1919–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Marlin

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

Questions about Krupp’s history

What year was Krupp founded?

The Krupp post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.