The Mallory post office opened in 1918, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Huffco (1921), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,552108 years
How historic is Mallory?
D
More historic than 9% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Mallory post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Mallory’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mallory is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mallory’s overall grade.
West Virginia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical West Virginia town has 29.6 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Mallory’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (17% of West Virginia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.9 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Mallory’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Mallory’s post office has been open since 1918. Another post office, Huffco, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Mallory
1918–today
Huffco
1921–1924
Davin
1924–today
19101970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ClaypoolCombs AdditionDavinGillman BottomMineral City
Gone or out of use
Mallory Elementary Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Mallory
Claypool
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Mallory on the map, 1912 to 1996
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mallory. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1912Gilbert 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 Mallory.
The story so far
Mallory, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mallory yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Mallory is a census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,552 at the 2020 census (down from 1,654 at the 2010 census). The CDP contains the unincorporated communities, from west to east, of Huff Junction, Mallory, Davin, Mineral City, Claypool, Combs Addition, and Gillman Bottom. The community was named after the local Mallory Coal Company.
Its first post office opened in 1918. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,654 to 1,552 (-6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Mallory, 1912 to 1952
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Mallory post office opened in 1918, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Mallory rank for history?
Mallory is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Mallory?
4% of Mallory’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.9 points), against a typical 13% for a West Virginia town; the median home was built in 1995.
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).
From Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
