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History · Itmann

Itmann’s post office opened in 1917, and 68% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Itmann Company Store and Office. Below: maps from 1912 on.

1917first post office
1on the National Register
68%homes built before 1940
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How Itmann began

When was Itmann founded?

1917

The Itmann post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 259109 years
Founding year: the first Itmann post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Itmann’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 Itmann are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Itmann’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19125 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1996. Watch Itmann change.
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The story

How Itmann came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Itmann.

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In 1916, the Pocahontas Fuel Company constructed 120 dwellings near the mouth of Barkers Creek. The Itmann mine was opened in 1918 by the Pocahontas Fuel Co. (now CONSOL) It was named after the president of the company, Isaac T. Mann, or I. T. Mann which was eventually shortened down to Itmann. A single room school house was built in addition to the massive stone company store.

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On the map

Itmann on the map, 1912 to 1996

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

Itmann on the 1912 USGS mapItmann on the 1925 USGS mapItmann on the 1967 USGS mapItmann on the 1976 USGS mapItmann on the 1996 USGS map1912Mullens 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 Itmann.

By decade

Itmann, decade by decade

Today2 recent
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Itmann

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1990
Itmann Company Store and Office
Itmann Company Store and Office
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Classical Revival1
Itmann Company Store and OfficeClassical Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Itmann’s post office has been open since 1917.

Gone or out of use
Itmann Schoolschool

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

Questions about Itmann’s history

What year was Itmann founded?

The Itmann post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Itmann?

One place: the Itmann Company Store and Office (listed 1990).

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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), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.