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History · Anmoore

Anmoore dates to 1736, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 1960.

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How Anmoore began

When was Anmoore founded?

1736

Anmoore dates its founding to 1736 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1960.

First census: 1,050 in 19602020 census: 513290 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1917.The full story ↓

What stands out about Anmoore’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 Anmoore are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19025 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1996. Watch Anmoore change.Older than the countryEstablished in 1736, 40 years before the Declaration of Independence.Old housesHalf of Anmoore’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Anmoore’s history is told.

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On the map

Anmoore on the map, 1902 to 1996

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

Anmoore on the 1902 USGS mapAnmoore on the 1923 USGS mapAnmoore on the 1958 USGS mapAnmoore on the 1976 USGS mapAnmoore on the 1996 USGS map1902Clarksburg 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 Anmoore.

Timeline

Anmoore, 1736 to 1917

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1736
    FoundingAnmoore is established
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Born hereKen Ash is born here
  5. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1917Post officeThe Anmoore post office opens
The story

How Anmoore came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Anmoore.

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The community was first settled by Andrew Cottrill (1736–1781) in 1772.

In 1903, 453 acres were purchased to create the Steelton Addition to the city of Clarksburg and representatives of the Cleveland, Ohio based Grasselli Chemical company agreed to locate a plant on the property. In May 1904, operations began at the first unit of the chemical plant employing 50. In June 1904, plans were developed to construct houses to rent to plant employees. Many of the workers were immigrants from Asturias, Spain.

In 1917, a post office was established and given the name of Anmoore.

In December 1950, the city was incorporated and Victor Gonzalez was elected the first mayor.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Anmoore, decade by decade

Today3 recent
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People over time

Anmoore, census by census

02004006008001,0001960198020002020Peak: 1,050

Between 513 and 1,050 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Anmoore’s post office has been open since 1917.

Gone or out of use
Anmoore Public Schoolschool

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.

Clarksburg8 historic placesA+StonewoodIts storyC+East ViewIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Anmoore’s history

What year was Anmoore founded?

In 1736, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Anmoore’s post office opened in 1917, and the census of 1960 counted 1,050 people here.

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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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.