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History · Helenville

Helenville’s post office opened in 1851, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on and the census since 2000.

1851first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Helenville began

When was Helenville founded?

1851

The Helenville post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 225 in 20002020 census: 238175 years
Founding year: the first Helenville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Helenville’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 Helenville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1971. Watch Helenville change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Helenville’s history is told.

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On the map

Helenville on the map, 1892 to 1971

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

Helenville on the 1892 USGS mapHelenville on the 1959 USGS mapHelenville on the 1971 USGS map1892Watertown 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 Helenville.

The story

How Helenville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Helenville.

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A post office called Helenville has been in operation since 1851. The community was named in honor of Helen, the attractive wife of the original owner of the town site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Helenville, decade by decade

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People over time

Helenville, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 249

Between 225 and 249 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Questions about Helenville’s history

What year was Helenville founded?

The Helenville post office opened in 1851, 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 (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.