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History · Lohrville

Lohrville’s post office opened in 1904

Most of Lohrville was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1920.

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How Lohrville began

When was Lohrville founded?

1904

The Lohrville post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 245 in 19202020 census: 434122 years
Founding year: the first Lohrville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Lohrville’s past

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

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The story

How Lohrville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lohrville.

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The American Granite Company started quarrying operations in what is now Lohrville in 1906. The village was named for the company's first president, Charles Lohr. Lohrville's population grew as workers moved to the area seeking employment in the quarries, and the Chicago and North Western Railway Company built a spur line to the quarries. The village incorporated in 1910.

By 1920, Lohrville had a population of 245, though by 1940 the population had declined to 191.

The railway has since been abandoned and converted to a rail trail called the Bannerman Trail.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lohrville, 1904 to 1961

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1904Post officeThe Lohrville post office opens
  3. 1955Post officeThe Lohrville post office closes
  4. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Lohrville, decade by decade

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On the map

Lohrville on the map in 1961

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lohrville.

Lohrville on the 1961 USGS map1961Redgranite 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 Lohrville.

People over time

Lohrville, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 434

Between 191 and 434 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Lohrville

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

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William NighAmerican film director, writer and actor · b. 1881
Luther ReedAmerican film director and screenwrigter · b. 1888
Emma GillettFeminist law school teacher · b. 1852
Andy JorgensenAmerican politician · b. 1967
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Bill ButlerAmerican football player born 1937 · b. 1937
Luther OlsenAmerican politician · b. 1951
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Lohrville had its own post office from 1904 to 1955.

Lohrville
1904–1955
19001960today

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

WarrenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarionIts storyCRedgraniteIts storyB−

Questions about Lohrville’s history

What year was Lohrville founded?

The Lohrville post office opened in 1904, 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), 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.