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History · City Point

City Point’s post office opened in 1876, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1890.

1876first post office
0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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How City Point began

When was City Point founded?

1876

The City Point post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Pray (1878) and Spaulding (1878), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 329 in 18902020 census: 177150 years
Founding year: the first City Point post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about City Point’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 City Point are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 412 in 1920; 182 people lived here in 2010.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s City Point, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start City Point’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how City Point’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.
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People over time

City Point, census by census

0100200300400190019201940196019802000Peak: 412

Peaked at 412 in 1920; 182 people lived here in 2010.

13 censuses, 1890–2010.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

City Point had its own post office from 1876 to 1960. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

City Point
1876–1960
Pray
1878–1948
Spaulding
1878–1892
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
PraySpaulding
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside City Point
City PointMartyrs

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

The story

How City Point came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of City Point.

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The town of City Point occupies the northeast corner of Jackson County. It was originally named the town of Sullivan, which had been formed in 1879 from portions of the towns of Manchester and Albion, and named after local resident John L. Sullivan (1849–1902). It was renamed the town of City Point in November 1889. The town of Bear Bluff was created out of the town of City Point in 1894.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

City Point, 1876 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe City Point post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Pray post office opens
  4. 1878Post officeThe Spaulding post office opens
  5. 1892Post officeThe Spaulding post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 412
  8. 1948Post officeThe Pray post office closes
  9. 1960Post officeThe City Point post office closes
  10. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

City Point on the map, 1970 to 1985

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

City Point on the 1970 USGS mapCity Point on the 1985 USGS map1970City Point 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 City Point.

Famous people

Famous people close to City Point

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

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Virginia SatirAmerican psychotherapist & non-fiction author · b. 1916
Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr.United States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1925
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Marjorie LynnAmerica singer · b. 1921
Val ImmAmerican politician – Minnesota -House 1933-34 … · b. 1893
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

KnappIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHilesIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSherwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBear BluffIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKomensky1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashburnIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about City Point’s history

What year was City Point founded?

The City Point post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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

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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 Wikipedia, 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.