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Allgood’s post office opened in 1915

Most of Allgood was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984.

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How Allgood began

When was Allgood founded?

1915

The Allgood post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Chepultepec (1848), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 548111 years
Founding year: the first Allgood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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How Allgood came to be

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One source said the town's name comes from a family of homesteaders from South Carolina who settled in the area in the early 19th century. However, another states that the original name of the village, Chepultepec, probably named for the Battle of Chapultepec in the Mexican–American War, was changed to "Allgood" in December 1915. A local lime manufacturer believed he was not getting repeat business because of the difficulty in spelling the name of the village and persuaded the local postmaster to change the name, with the postmaster giving the village his own name of Allgood. The town was formally incorporated in 1959. In 2010, it became the first locality in Alabama to achieve a Hispanic plurality.

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Timeline

Allgood, 1848 to 1915

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1848Post officeThe Chepultepec post office opens
  3. 1878Born hereMiles C. Allgood is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1915Post officeThe Chepultepec post office closes
  6. 1915Post officeThe Allgood post office opens
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Allgood’s post office has been open since 1915. Another post office, Chepultepec, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Chepultepec
1848–1915
Allgood
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Balle Mobile Home Park

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

Questions about Allgood’s history

What year was Allgood founded?

The Allgood post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, 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.