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Man’s post office opened in 1882, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

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22%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Man began

When was Man founded?

1882

The Man post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 772144 years
Founding year: the first Man post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Man’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 Man are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Man’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Man’s history is told.

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The story so far

Man, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Man yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Man is a town in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 772 at the 2020 census. The town is located along the Guyandotte River at the mouth of Buffalo Creek, which was the site of the 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood following a dam collapse. The name of the town reportedly derives from the last syllable of the surname of Ulysses Hinchman, who was a member of the House of Delegates from Logan County between 1866 and 1869.

Its first post office opened in 1882. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 759 in 2010, 772 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Man, 1882 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Man post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1960Born hereLeonard Williams is born here
  5. 1963Born herePaul Hardesty is born here
By decade

Man, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Man, West Virginia2014Man, West VirginiaWVMap-doton-Man2004WVMap-doton-Man
Famous people

3 famous people were born in Man

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Bus CookAmerican sports agent
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Leonard WilliamsAmerican football player · b. 1960
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Paul HardestyAmerican lobbyist and politician · b. 1963
Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Man’s post office has been open since 1882.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Huff Junction
Gone or out of use
Man Junior High 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.

MalloryIts storyDEarlingIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKistlerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Man’s history

What year was Man founded?

The Man post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.