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Junior’s post office opened in 1892, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1909 on and the census since 1900.

1892first post office
0on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
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How Junior began, and where its name came from

When was Junior founded?

1892

The Junior post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Rowton (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 335 in 19002020 census: 384134 years

How did Junior get its name?

Junior was named after the son of Henry Gassaway Davis, Sr, (1823–1916) a U.S. Senator and coal magnate.

Founding year: the first Junior post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Junior’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 Junior are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 729 in 1950; 384 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19093 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1976. Watch Junior change.Old housesHalf of Junior’s homes were built before 1952.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Junior’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Junior, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 729

Peaked at 729 in 1950; 384 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

On the map

Junior on the map, 1909 to 1976

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

Junior on the 1909 USGS mapJunior on the 1969 USGS mapJunior on the 1976 USGS map1909Elkins 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 Junior.

The story

How Junior came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Junior.

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The community of Junior was established on November 13, 1897. It was named after the son of Henry Gassaway Davis, Sr, (1823–1916) a U.S. Senator and coal magnate. Henry ("Harry") Gassaway Davis Jr (1871–1896) had been drowned at sea off the Atlantic Coast of South Africa while returning home on the steamship Munkesenton.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Junior, 1892 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Junior post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Rowton post office opens
  4. 1892Post officeThe Rowton post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 729
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Junior’s post office has been open since 1892. Another post office, Rowton, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Junior
1892–today
Rowton
1892–1892
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
West Junior

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

Questions about Junior’s history

What year was Junior founded?

The Junior post office opened in 1892, 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 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.