Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Fish Creek Covered Bridge. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1900.
The Hundred post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hundred’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Hundred.
The community was named in honor of Henry "Old Hundred" Church (1751–1860) and his wife Hannah Church (1754–1860), who were both local centenarians.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peaked at 788 in 1930; 255 people lived here in 2020.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hundred’s Wikipedia page.
Passages that mention Hundred, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The first settler in Church district was Henry Church, who came there in the year of 1782 and settled where the town of Hundred now stands.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Is a town situated on the B. and O. R. R. and Fish creek, and has a population of 300. The first settlement was made by Old Hundred (see Henry Church) who patented the land on and around the town in 1819. The town has one church and one school house; four dry goods and notion stores, owned by D Franklin & Sons, who also have a millinery department, Ar nold & Allen, and A. D. Ayres, Martin Windle, Mrs. L. D. Rob erts and Mr. Wiley; one millinery store, owned by Mrs. A. E
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hundred. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hundred.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Hundred post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Fish Creek Covered Bridge (listed 1981).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (7), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
2017
2017
2017
2015
2015
2006
2004
